Blisters and treadmills
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Blisters and socks
About two weeks ago I did a terrible mistake. I bought a new pair of running socks and was so eager to try them out that I did so, on a 16k run and without having washed them first (talk about a newbie mistake!). I completed the run with a blood blisters under both feet - not exactly the best way to start a relationship with the new socks.
Every run since that ended up with the blisters reappearing and needing treatment. The worst run was a 22k run where I could feel the blisters resurfacing after about 2-3k, talk about a long way home!
I have now finally been able to treat them completely (not easy when you are running 4 times a week) by using the following "trick":
- Immediately after returning from a run I cut open the blisters making sure the cut was a "V" shape - ensuring the cut would not close again.
- Then a nice hot footbath, followed by intense treatment of the blisters and hard skin with a file.
- Afterwards I applied moisturiser - which I also did the coming days to ensure the skin could heal.
On each run afterwards I have sworn to my X-Socks Evo Run (http://www.wiggle.co.uk/x-socks-evo-run-socks/) who is a dual layer/sock in a sock technology. So far my blisters seems to be slowly but surely healing and I can keep up my milage. Once they are fully healed I will try and venture out in the new socks again, but this time on a shorter run!
Treadmills
The last few weeks have also involved a lot of travelling and I feel like I am running more kilometers on boring hotel treadmills than out in the lovely nature. Luckily I have found a way to at least make it slightly interesting:
If doing "slow runs" I will adjust the pace up/down every 2 km, if e.g. pace should be 5:45 min/km I will start at 5:45, after 2k adjust to 5:55, after another 2k adjust to 5:45, after another 2k adjust to 5:35, etc. I know it sounds basic, but just having that small pace change to look forward to really makes a difference mentally!
If doing "intervals" I will of course adjust the pace according to the interval training, e.g. 1k fast followed by 500 meters recovery. This works pretty well as it assures I do not get carried away in the fast segments and do them too fast.
About two weeks ago I did a terrible mistake. I bought a new pair of running socks and was so eager to try them out that I did so, on a 16k run and without having washed them first (talk about a newbie mistake!). I completed the run with a blood blisters under both feet - not exactly the best way to start a relationship with the new socks.
Every run since that ended up with the blisters reappearing and needing treatment. The worst run was a 22k run where I could feel the blisters resurfacing after about 2-3k, talk about a long way home!
I have now finally been able to treat them completely (not easy when you are running 4 times a week) by using the following "trick":
- Immediately after returning from a run I cut open the blisters making sure the cut was a "V" shape - ensuring the cut would not close again.
- Then a nice hot footbath, followed by intense treatment of the blisters and hard skin with a file.
- Afterwards I applied moisturiser - which I also did the coming days to ensure the skin could heal.
On each run afterwards I have sworn to my X-Socks Evo Run (http://www.wiggle.co.uk/x-socks-evo-run-socks/) who is a dual layer/sock in a sock technology. So far my blisters seems to be slowly but surely healing and I can keep up my milage. Once they are fully healed I will try and venture out in the new socks again, but this time on a shorter run!
Treadmills
The last few weeks have also involved a lot of travelling and I feel like I am running more kilometers on boring hotel treadmills than out in the lovely nature. Luckily I have found a way to at least make it slightly interesting:
If doing "slow runs" I will adjust the pace up/down every 2 km, if e.g. pace should be 5:45 min/km I will start at 5:45, after 2k adjust to 5:55, after another 2k adjust to 5:45, after another 2k adjust to 5:35, etc. I know it sounds basic, but just having that small pace change to look forward to really makes a difference mentally!
If doing "intervals" I will of course adjust the pace according to the interval training, e.g. 1k fast followed by 500 meters recovery. This works pretty well as it assures I do not get carried away in the fast segments and do them too fast.
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I am a 29 year old guy, who just loves running. I also love planning, order and goals. Which is why I am combining all of that into, The First Project..
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