Bloody Foot
Sometimes I get back from a run and feel like I've been in a war zone...
I forgot to include in my Saturday Long Run post that I bled all over two pair of shoes. After about two miles, I noticed that my middle toe on my right foot was hurting. The pain was coming from the next toe (well the toe nail). I tried to re adjust my foot, but the pain was still there.
I changed shoes and socks after my running group finished their run and didn't notice that my foot was bleeding. When I finished my last eight miles I looked down and saw the blood all over my right shoe!
When I got home and put both pair of shoes on the porch to dry I saw that both right foot shoes were bloody. I checked out my foot, but only found a small cut. How does that much blood come from such a small cut?
Anyway, I cleaned up my shoes and put a band aid on my toe and went on with my day. Yesterday, I ran the bridge and noticed that my band aid had fallen off and the pain was back. I couldn't believe it, my foot was bleeding again! I cleaned it up and put a band aid back on and it seemed fine during my next two runs.
Well... I feel better now that I shared that with everyone...
Recap for the week:
Sunday - Rest Day
Monday - 6 mile Recovery Run
Tuesday - Track Workout: 1x800 warm up, drills, 8x200 (100 recovery), 6x300 (200 recovery), 1x800 cool down, soccer with my son
Wednesday - 5.5 mile run over the Bridge (AM), 5.5 mile run downtown (afternoon)
Thursday - 5 mile Tempo Run
That's nuts. I've bled all over shirts before, and even had a tiny speck of a cut that got through my undershirt and all over my shirt during my marathon, but not my shoe before. That's pretty cool looking actually.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind bleeding from anywhere during a run except for the feet. Most of the time, it's fun to run with a bloody knee or scratched up shins from the trail. Didn't seem like it was painful though, just messy, huh? Oh well, take care of them dogs, man.
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