1. I think I can call myself a real runner now. I lost part of my toenail! After Fox Cities in September, I ended up with a blister under one of my toenails on my left foot. I knew it would probably be a half marathon casualty, I just wasn't sure how long it would stick around. The past few weeks I've been able to pull the nail away from the nail bed completely and tonight after I soaked my feet, I was trying to loosen it some more. Eventually the hard nail part came off my toe. Yay! There's still a layer of softer tissue (maybe the leftovers from the blister?) that's still attached to my foot, but even that's holding on by just a small piece. So I expect it to come off soon. Is it weird that losing a toenail makes me a little bit excited?
2. I got three runs in on the treadmill this week. I'm not adjusting to this pitch black at 5:30 thing very well. Let's
just say I'm looking forward to getting something longer in outside this
weekend. The worst part about tonight's run? Trying to get home from the YMCA. Apparently when my city holds a holiday parade (Yes, holiday. Not Christmas), they feel the need to shut down almost every street within a half-mile radius of downtown. Ugh. And then I get stopped by a train. Ugh.
3. Anyone been paying attention to what's going on at Penn State? As a news and sports junkie, I've been reading a lot of it. And all I can say is, wow. And I'll say this. Joe Pa needed to go. But there are a lot of folks still at PSU who also need to be gone.
3 comments:
Congrats on losing a toenail. Hah that sounds so weird to say!
That PSU stuff is messed up. They need to clear out everyone associated with the whole thing a start fresh.
I'm so sick of hearing about Penn State. A simple "they are all a bunch of sick fucks" is all it took for me to understand. Now i'm over it.
Running makes you a real runner. Not losing toenails means you buy properly sized running shoes. I've also yet to lose a toenail.
You are doing better than me if you have lost part of a toe nail.
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