February 27th, 2009
That’s how I’m feeling, not truly blue, but dancing around it.
Yesterday, I had to cut my run short because my newest Inspires have been bugging my right foot and it hurt too much to continue. The decorative piping that joins the tongue to the shoe puts pressure on the knuckle bone of my big toe and while I’ve tried different lacing techniques, it hasn’t helped, though I’ve kept it at bay by switching with my older Inspires. So after hobbling home, I took a pair of scissors and snipped through the piping to make more room.
It’s not the first time I’ve done shoe surgery, still I never enjoy cutting into a pair of $70 sneaks. Hopefully it’ll resolve the issue. But I’ve taken today off because my foot feels a little bruised when I apply pressure. I’m also icing it every so often. That’s baby blue.
Meanwhile, the 10K I’ve been looking forward to this weekend looks like it’ll be in shitty weather. At the moment, sleet and wind are firmly in the forecast. Aargh!! I so wanted to kill my PR in one ceremonial swoop, and while that should still happen to some extent, it won’t be as dramatic a murder as I’d hoped. More blue.
At least I had a good amount of work this week (4 out of 5 days is a lot in voiceover land). Most of it was the usual dry stuff, except for one job where I played a dog for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – I love doing character work, so that was big fun.
My next role is to play a duck this Sunday. Hopefully the sleet will roll right off my back and I’ll just keep waddling to the finish.
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My shoe-tweaking adventures mostly involve adding small bits of molefoam under the insole to make it match my foot better. I’m thinking of cutting away part of the cuff on my latest pair of Brooks because the right shoe rubs my talus (ankle bone) when I’m running on a left camber. This will matter at Big Sur.
Sorry to hear about the crappy weather. Good Luck!
Of course, if you walk like a duck and talk like a duck you’ll, well, be a duck! And you try to cross on a chicken, you’ll find out why a duck.
Sometimes I can’t resist. And Kind of Blue is better than a Little Blue. Just saying.
Sorry that you have to make adjustments. I’ve not had problems with my Asics except for a pair of DS Trainers who-knows-what-number that gave me blisters.
Flo, I am sorry that you are feeling “light blue.” I am sending thoughts of sunshine and warm weather your way!!!
Have a great race on Sunday!
I’ve also taken the scalpel to my shoes. Works better in the summer than in the winter, though. I don’t know what kind of feet you have, but if you’re more or less a neutral runner (or even a slight overpronator), I can highly recommend the Pearl Izumi Streaks. They are seamless, roomy and don’t rub or chafe anywhere.
Good luck on the 10K this weekend. They just moved my planned 25K race on Sunday to next weekend because of the “everything but the kitchen sink” forecast for CT. What a winter we’ve had.
ugh, frowns all around about the weather, there’s a big 5k up here lots of people I know were really hoping to nail.
Maybe we’ll all get lucky with the weather. I’ll be thinking of you tomorrow!
Well, how did it turn out? Weather seems to mess up so many PR opportunities. I guess that’s life, though. I hope your foot is feeling dandy.