Get Fit or Die Tryin’ – One Step Forward, Three Steps Back

I was pretty down after my last run. My feet hurt, my knee hurt, and my inner competitive spirit was really beating the crap out of my heart and mind. My pace was slower than any of my previous runs (OK, only 20 seconds per mile slower, but when you’re crazy-competitive it matters…) and my right knee was really sore. So I did what any self-sufficient modern girl would do. I went to Facebook.

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Get Fit or Die Tryin’ – Downright Biblical

Check these bad boys out: They look seriously bad a**, right? They’re totally going to revolutionize my run, right? Nope. Sadly, I still run like me. An even slower version of me than last week’s. But still – I strapped on my cool new shoes and went running last night. Stuck with the same three minute walk, three minute run schedule, and tried to keep my pace about the same. Turns out the new shoes…

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Get Fit or Die Tryin’ – Run, Interruped

Lesson learned – always take your shoes off before you blog. If I had, before writing my last entry, I would have known that the rubbing on the inside of my right foot had left me with a blister the size of my thumb on the arch. Ow. I drained the blister, and have been keeping it covered with ointment and gauze since Wednesday night. It’s still really sore, and wearing any shoes besides flip-flops…

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