My 21km Soweto was pretty good. I've been battling shin issues for a little over a year now and have had inserts in my shoes and very slow build up to 10km runs over the last few weeks etc. So, when I took my 8yr old for a Parkrun yesterday, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to "wiggle the legs" a bit. She thought running would be good and managed a 48min run. Very proud, but I came out feeling that I may have aggravated my shins a bit. So rubs 'n ice etc for the last 24hrs it was. Today, I applied all manner of potions to my legs and hit the race with tender shins for the first 4km's, but kept a slow pace, hoping to make 2:30 with no injury. Halfway, I was on track, having 1:10 for 11km. But my feet were feeling a bit "off". Anyway, I was pacing in the right direction. Feet hurt like hell for 10km, but I finished, with more walking than planned, in 2:29. Feet still killing me. So I buy the carb overload combination at the event and drive home to remove my shoes. Upon doing so, I have, on my right foot, a 5x2cm blister under the arch and a less dramatic 2x2cm one on my left. My shins BTW are awesome, so I'm still calling progress here, but what on earth is suddenly causing blisters when I've used the same shoes, same sock type (Falke L/R running socks)? Really miffed. (Shoes only have 430km on them after today) A bitter/sweet run this. Managed a longer run for the first time in over a year without leg issues, but suddenly have gaping blisters on the under side of my feet. I didn't even get a single blister on my last two 42km Soweto runs. Any ideas here? For info purposes, my shoes did appear to be a little wetter than usual when getting home. I'm lost for words, I'm pretty fit having dropped the smokes for the last few weeks, and have exercised well and for a bit too, now an issue that I've not experienced since 2011... WTF! Please, any advice would help...
