Damage…
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June 20th, 2008 / 
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Blisters, I started feeling the first blister form on by little toe around 23km’s, the others I didn’t really feel although, I had a sneaky suspicion there would be more than just the one…
While I was waiting for my mom at our club tent at the finish, I decided to take my shoes off and assess the damage, I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw what my feet looked like…
The underside of both my little toes, both big toes, between my toes and on the side of my foot were blisters that I felt needed their own blog post…
I thought I’d attach a picture I took AFTER I’d stuck a needle into the blisters to relieve some of the pressure, although I still think I got off pretty lightly as far as injuries go – my mom is losing 8 of her 10 toenails…
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Nice! – OK so now i am motivated for my first comrades. having just found your blog recently i am catching up on some of your old news over a quiet lunch – esp with regards your first comrades in 08.
Why are your feet orange? Are you related to the Oros man?
Hi Ryan, thanks for the comment.
About my feet being orange, well my brain was a bit mushy at the time so I didn’t adjust the flash when I was taking the shot. My train of thought was something along the lines of must.take.picture.then.find.bed – actually at that moment if someone had told me I WAS related to the Oros man I would have probably believed them…