War Wounds

This past weekend I had my longest run to date, 14 miles. I'll surpass that this weekend when I hit 15 miles but that's where I stop and begin the taper down weeks. I can't believe I'm three weeks away from my second half marathon! Fourteen miles went swimmingly! Matty mapped a route that included stops at his house. I really like doing that because I need hydration when I do anything over an hour. I can push the 7 and 8 mile runs with out problems but anything more and no hydration I hurt! But we wanted to skip Sprindale Cemetery because those hills are just too much. So the map was like the past few weeks we start at Big Lots off Sterling, go to his house, run through the Heights, back to Matty's, then he's done and I go back home. Each stop at Matty’s we hydrate with G2 and/or water and pee if needed or other necessities like Body Glide, drop clothing, add clothing, you get the idea.


Here is Sunday's Run via Garmin:

War Wounds: the title of this blog, guess I should hit them, after the run I did an ice bath to ache my tired, sore and stiff legs. It was pretty warm weather so it actually felt pretty good, well except the first 3 minutes in the tub that stung a bit. After I had a few left over injuries, the first being my feet. I never felt this pain before but for the first 30 minutes after the run/bath it hurt to walk. The balls of my feet just ached and stung with every step. But by the time lunch was over (went to Red Lob right after) I felt fine again. Matty said he's had this problem too so I know it’s not my Nike Frees because he’s got cushiony Mizunos. But the second wound was my shorts chafed again but worse (I did forget the body glide again) I have this mole that is right above my crack and it chafed so bad that it bleed and for a days after too because it was so sensitive to my jeans and such, total suckage!

The next war wound is a bit comical. I have a few odd running....habits; I guess you could call them. I don’t really know what to call them. #1 I HATE carrying things. Can’t do it. I see people run with water or Gatorade and I just can’t do it. I've even seen them with straps on their hand to hold the bottle; I haven't tried that but that just doesn’t sound fun either. I once had an ipod hand band and I tried that once but still didn't like it. I also hate ipod arm bands, they slip too much or bounce too much and I hate that bouncing on my arm and if you put it too tight to prevent that it makes my arm numb. Same with my ipod on my hip, I cannot stand the bouncing. I used to have this AMAZING belt clip that doesn’t let it bounce but sadly it broke. So I've been creative with what I do with my ipod so I don’t have to arm band it, carry it or feel it bounce. I've been putting it in that small pocket of my Reebok running shorts as of late and it works well, except I can’t skip songs and stuff. It’s gotten pretty annoying especially when I have a song come up that is quieter and I can’t turn it up. And then I started getting this on my hip:

That would be scratching, redness-chafing and scabbing. My ipod is kind of falling apart (gift idea a new ipod 8 gig or more) and has been scratching the shit outta my leg and boy did it do a number on Sunday. And it hurts! So I finally got on Amazon and ordered a new belt clip. For some reason you can't find them in the stores easily anymore, it’s all crappy arm bands. I got it yesterday after my run of course so it will have it inaugural run today.

Do you have any odd, war wounds from your run? Do tell!

PS: I also got sunburn on Sunday too!

The razor back was kinda funny. It’s gone now. I'm now on a mission to find a sun block that will protect my skin. Stand up to my excessive sweating. Not feel slimy. Or sticky for that matter. And doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. I'll let you know what I find. In the mean time suggestions are recommended too!