300 MILEstone Means What?

I'm breaking out confetti today because yesterday I crossed the 300 mile line since I started running this past October. I know my party will be short-lived and none will attend it but I will celebrate anyway! What does it mean to run 300 miles?

• It means I could have reached our passed through these cities if I started on my front step. St. Louis, Columbus Oh, Detroit, Nashville, Chicago and Davenport Iowa.

• It means I have spent about 2 full days over the past 4 months beating the pavement.

• It means that I am only 60% from completing the Daytona 500 on foot.

With this being said... the party is now over. Back on the road tomorrow to start working toward mile 400!

Blistering Run

Well I got blistered from yesterday's run. There was snow on the track and so I knew I needed to wear the shoes that had the best tread. Unfortunately now I remember why I stopped wearing my Nikes. At 3 and half miles of my 5 mile run I developed a pretty good bubble on my left arch. Well it's not really arched and that's the big problem. Those shoes are made for some one with arches and so that became a striking point. Needless to say, the shoes will go to the back of my closet now. I'd rather do a little slidding on the outside of the shoe and not on the inside. Thankfully I'm off track today. Tomorrow is slated to be a tempo run. (3 miles at an 8:28/mi. pace) That may be a pretty tall order with track conditions and the way my feet are right now. This may give me reason to hit the 5k course tomorrow.