Week 9 - Moleskin is now my best friend

Feb 26 - March 4

Total Mileage - 19.37
Total Weight - 217.6

Body Fat % - 22.5%

My dad gave me a new pair of Bikila's for my birthday and this was the first week that I gave them a through test.  They failed.  I should have trusted myself that they did not feel right.  Even though they are the exact same size as my first pair, the toes did not fit the way I was used to and they seemed tighter overall.  I told myself that they would loosen up.  I will not find out if they will or not.  They are going back to Roadrunner.  In my run on Tuesday, the left shoe gave me a seriously bad blister the side of a half dollar on the inside of my foot and a smaller one on the heel.  I did a quick hit on runners world and moleskine was recommended if I intended to keep running.  It is fantastic.  It flexes where it needs to and stays put to provide protection way better then just a band aid.  I was able to run the rest of the week with out making them any worse.

I had to move my long run to Sunday, which was great because the weather was absolutely perfect.  Mid 60's with a little humidity.  It made it really easy to breathe.  I ran at an even pace and was not exhausted at the end.  I pushed my son in the stroller for 7.25 miles (he slept from mile 1 on) and was shocked when I placed my pace and time from my seven mile run a month ago to this one.  I ran an extra quarter mile in roughly the same time (actually a little less).  Under a month to go until the SacTown 10.  I may not beat the 2 hours that I want to, but I think that I will be close if I can keep it up for a few more weeks.