Was a pretty intense ride and therefore a good workout.
It feels better than it has in about 4 weeks! Weird.
When I've had blisters like that, the skin does eventually come off on it's own, but it's nice that there is time for the skin underneath to age some. Anyway, when it happens this way, I haven't had trouble with tender areas (like there are when it pops or flays right away)
I think it helps to think about it some throughout the day, when not running. Just practice breathing that lets your stomach/diaphragm expand. Then, while running, just try to think about it once in a while. I am no expert on it, but I know I've gotten better doing it this way. When you can, hold your hand on your stomach some to make sure that it is moving out with the inhale. Trying to think about exactly how I'm breathing the whole time while running would drive me crazy. I do find that just concentrating on it for a couple of minutes when I am feeling a little stressed about breathing just helps me relax, too.
My understanding is that the brown/black is clotted blood. Since skin grows from the deep layers out to the surface, eventually the blister will work its way to the surface. I've noticed the same thing on my hands. Blisters that don't pop immediately may pop/peel open a week later. Since the skin on the soles are much thicker, especially for a barefoot runner, I've noticed that some of mine would take several weeks to make it to the surface. When it does pop/peel open, I personally trim the hanging flap, so that it doesn't tear off healthy skin when it's peeling.
Thanks. It's fine, but the benedryl knocked me out for nearly 2 hours this afternoon. I did not get my honey do's done, let alone even started. Oh well, I'll get it done tomorrow.
Not sure about your place, but here in Sydney it is about 17C/63F which is not bad...Almost the same temp as the air !!
It's always funny when the water feels warmer than the air.
Yah, the Macalester area is nice.
OK, we're going to have to be patient with you. That's OK, it took me more than a whole year to get it, and so I was held back needlessly by tofp, due to my own ignorance and a misdiagnosis by a dumb sports doc. I got up to three miles within my first month of getting back into shape, and then the dreaded TOFP monster struck and kept after me, off and on, until Jen or Mike mentioned 'referred pain' and I reread Jimmy Hart's excellent article. It had kind of cleared up on its own after nine months, but then one day a few months later, when I tried to jump from six miles to ten miles it came back with a vengeance.
OK, we're going to have to be patient with you. That's OK, it took me more than a whole year to get it, and so I was held back needlessly by tofp, due to my own ignorance and a misdiagnosis by a dumb sports doc. I got up to three miles within my first month of getting back into shape, and then the dreaded TOFP monster struck and kept after me, off and on, until Jen or Mike mentioned 'referred pain' and I reread Jimmy Hart's excellent article. It had kind of cleared up on its own after nine months, but then one day a few months later, when I tried to jump from six miles to ten miles it came back with a vengeance.
Here's how it works: tendons are connected to muscles. When the muscles aren't happy, the tendons aren't happy. Technically, it's called referred pain. So in your case, you feel the pain in your feet, but the cause is in your lower leg muscles, most probably the shin muscles that control the tendons that pass along the top of your foot.http://gobarefooting.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/injury-top-of-the-foot-pain/
And your shin muscles may not even feel particularly sore until you try massaging them and notice how painful they are when you press down into them. The fact that your calves feel fine means nothing. Everyone talks about sore calves in the beginning, but for me, the real culprit was tight shin muscles.
These days, my pre-/post-run massage maintenance is pretty minimal, just a quick but vigorous up-and-down with my 'little stick' usually does the trick.
I haven't had tofp for almost a whole year
I have actually already found that page and read it..
