NDW50 – the recovery
This time last week I got home after running 50 miles. So how has the last week gone:
- Saturday night: Absolutely fine, slept well
- Sunday: I got myself a small blister on my big toe on my left foot, next to send the second one. I think that the sandals I wore after the run squished the two toes together and made the blister worse. So I popped it a bit in the evening but did not do a proper job of that. I was generally achy all day. No pain. I walked the dog a couple of times and felt very good.
- Monday: Wore work shoes and still felt achy in the legs. A bit body tired but not too bad. I walked a mile or so to a shop at lunch time but the blister on the big toe got more sore during the day. I took my shoes off after lunch. When I put them back on to go home my right foot was fine but my left foot was very swollen. Spent the evening with my feet up – literally
- Tuesday: Blister still sore. Went to work in sandals. Legs fine but walking a bit strange on my left foot because of the blister. Left foot very swollen in the afternoon. Again, spent the evening with my legs up.
- Wednesday: Blister getting better, still sandals, no real swelling. Legs fine. Tape came off heels – put compeed on them where shoes rubbed from going up hill.
- Thursday and Friday: Blister fine, work shoes. Left foot a bit sore because I had been walking strangely. Friday evening did a 6k walk with Sparkie.
- Saturday: 6k walk with Sparkie. Legs feel completely ok (but I haven’t done any running all week). Heels are still taped up but fine.
So, poor-ish blister management and a swollen left foot. I wonder why the right foot didn’t do the same?