So much for my pretty pedicure...

It hasn't been an easy few days, that's for sure. My blisters are pretty painful but I am hoping they are on their way to being fully healed. Today my schedule called for me to run 5 miles. Based on the way I've been walking the past few days, I had no idea how I was going to do it. After reading several articles online about what to do for blisters, I decided to try tape. I spent about a half hour last night taping up my feet and all my toes to make sure there was zero friction. My feet looked silly but when I got up to walk, there was very little pain. I slept with my feet in their little cocoons and woke up at 5:30 to attempt my run on the treadmill. My feet didn't feel too great but I had to at least give it a shot. My dad gave me a little pep talk as I was leaving the house and told me to "Go easy, and not push too hard, only do what you can do." I got to the gym, got my lucky treadmill, popped on my tunes and said to myself, "You CAN do this." After running about 2 miles, the discomfort started to set in a little. I thought of my dad telling me not to push it, so I decided to listen to the advice of my "old man" and I decided to just run 4 miles vs the 5 on the schedule. Overall, it wasn't too bad...taking the tape off was probably more painful than the actual run. I guess I'll have to accept the fact that my feet aren't going to look too pretty for the beginning of this year's sandal season...:( My next running day is Thursday...I have the day off and the weather is supposed to be stellar. I'm hoping my feet are just as stellar as the weather and I can run 6 miles...outside. We'll see I guess, I've got my fingers...and toes (OUCH!)...crossed! Hopefully April Fool's Day doesn't fool me!