I managed to get out of bed this morning early enough to get a good run in. It was touch an goi for awhile. I woke earlier than my alarm and thought I had forgotten to set it, but I had a hard time bringing myself awake enough to look. I went back and forth thinking “Oh I slept it, too late to run” and “maybe I am early and the alarm hasn’t gone off yet”. Well the alarm finally ruined my internal argument and let me know that not only had I not slept in, but I can still get up and go running. It was tough to say yippee, but I did anyway.

I really focused on my footstrike today trying to land more on the heel rather than the ball of my foot. This focus led me to focusing on visualizing cushioning my joints. The I thought, what the heck, lets think a bit more about my breathing too. Pretty soon I was totally wrapped up in my run and trying to stay focused which actually worked well. My feet still hurt a little, I am thinking I might drop by my ortho guy and ask him if another set of cushioning inserts would work with my current orthopedic inserts. I am a bit worried about stacking them up, but I think it will be ok.

I made a mistake the other day in letting my flip flops get covered in sand. I ground it in to the FF strap and made it like sandpaper which wreaked havoc on the tops of my feet. I am now one big band aid.