So who would have thought I'd have such an interest in my feet? I've never paid much attention to them before. They carry me around, push things out of the way, sport whatever shoes I decide to wear, tap to the music ... all without my thinking about them too much.
Training for this Half-Marathon, though, has brought my feet to the front and center of my attention these days - at one point last week, I had blisters on 8 of my 10 toes, and I was despairing of ever being able to wear shoes again, much less finishing a 13+ mile walk in a couple of weeks. I bought a new pair of shoes - and returned them when it became obvious they were worse than what I already have. I soak my toes in hot epsom-salt-water every night and grease them good with foot lotion to keep them pink and soft. I trim toenails regularly. I've bought out Rite-Aid's supply of tubular foam toe bandages, and ibuprofen is my Friend! My feet are SO pampered, now!
The blisters finally abated, and I've resumed longer walks again. I have to do 8 more miles this week, then a 9-mile walk on Sunday. Today, I walked 2.5 miles to Curves, did my workout, and walked the 2.5 miles back home - duck soup!
