Archive for October 23rd, 2008

to my toenail.  But let us not dwell in a place of sadness or fear.  No, let us rejoice in its passage, joyous in the understanding that this was not the death of innocent beauty.  Nay, it was but a gnarly nail that, in leaving this mortal foot, opens the door to new growth and less filing in future.  Moment of silence, please.

It was gross though, I’d never seen a removed nail in it’s entirety and because there’s something enticing about grossness to me, I kept pulling it out of the trash to marvel at it, shudder, then throw it back in the trash.

I could absolutely not write a post about my toenail with at least including one link to a toenail necklace.  Don’t click this if you’re easily squicked.  The guy who made this apparently takes donations, so I could offer mine up, but I eventually threw it far down in the trash so I’d never be tempted to look at it again – and I’m leaving it there.

Had another fantastic run today.  This is one of the few runs where I wear shortsleeves.  Seems like my running apparel as the temps go from high to low is running bra–>sleeveless–>long sleeves.  Short sleeves get about 5 runs the whole season.

So anyway, today is low 50s and sunny outside, and I did 7 w/8 strides.  Avg pace for the run – 8:46.  I love strides not only for the leg-waking properties, but it’s also the only time I get to consistently see 6:something pace on my watch.  Mucho fun.

Another stellar thing about today’s run is that I’ve had ouchys from a blister on the bottom of my pinky toe from Steamtown and it’s been hurting ever since.  Today was the first day where I had no inkling of it, so no on-the-go disassociation needed.  Note to self: downhill racing = tie shoes tighter.

I finally signed up for the Ben Frankin Bridge 10K, so I’m all happy about starting to make a race schedule.  I’m planning on a PR because it’s been a while since my last 10K, but I haven’t decided on a goal time yet.  After much indecision, I’m going to forgo any speedwork and maybe get 2 measly tempo miles in on Monday at 10k pace, just so I can see how it feels.  The main thing is I want to have fun without a huge pressure to get xx:xx.  C’mon legs…surprise me!