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Malcolm Tempt

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Hi All,

Well I finished the L.A. Marathon last Sunday. The run went
well out to about mile 12. After that I started gradually
losing ground due to the heat. I don't handle the heat very
well so I just made sure to drink plenty and keep to shady
spots as much as possible. The annoying thing was that at or
around mile 18 I started to blister on the bottoms of both
feet. (the ball area). All throughout training I never even
felt the hint of blisters. Our longest training run was 20
miles and even at that distance I didn't suffer any
blistering. What could I have done to prevent it?

TIA,

M.T.
 
> The annoying thing was that at or around mile 18 I started
> to blister on the bottoms of both feet. (the ball area).
> All throughout training I never even felt the hint of
> blisters. Our longest training run was 20 miles and even
> at that distance I didn't suffer any blistering. What
> could I have done to prevent it?

This was probably from the extra sweat that was dripping
into your shoes. Before the start, a small amount of
vaseline on your feet may have helped.

-Phil
 
On 10 Mar 2004 15:59:03 -0800, [email protected] (Open piper) wrote:

>Malcolm_Tempt@The World.net wrote in message
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>> Blistered in L.A.
>
>One word: Herpes.

Damn, I knew I should never have started this running ****!