Monday, July 16, 2012

Day 24 - HOT and hurting feet

Not hurting like the joints or muscles hurt, but hurting like the pavement is burning the bottom of my feet and the straw-like grass is slashing them to bits.

It was another hot day and I didn't really feel well yet, but I knew I needed a good bike ride and I knew I needed to get a run in.

Basically, I rode to Milleniuim park and back and stopped at cemetery along the way to do my run.  The pavement was so hot and the grass so poky that I abandoned the run after 0.73 miles and rode a little farther to West Catholic and ran on the grass of their well-watered football practice field (much nicer by the way).

When I got home, I soaked my feet in cold water (this felt wonderful, by the way).  My garmin recorded the average temperature at something like 96 degrees for the whole ride/run.  Yuck.

Distance: 1.31 miles

Weight: didn't check

Results: scorched feet from the pavement.  Not really sore or tired, though.  Even my calves did not seem to be too fatigued.  This is a good sign.  No knee pain, either.

What I Learned: on a hot day, some type of shoes almost seems like a necessity.

Plan: Run on Monday, likely back up at West Catholic's track/infield so I can avoid the burned, raw feet I have experienced recently.

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