Wed 15 Mar 2006 - Werribee River 16 km (blistered feet)

Date/Time of Run	Wednesday 15 March 2006, 5.13 pm
Location	Werribee River (Virgillia, Tarneit, Hogans, Thames, Werribee River, Shaws and return)
Distance	16.22 km
Time	1:24:38
Pace	5:13 /km
Heart Rate Max/Avg	142 / 132
Weather	20.6 C. Wind SE 7/11 kts. RH 61%. QNH 1009
More data	Motionbased
Exercises	Post run : 100 Sit-ups
Equipment	Garmin Forerunner 301, mobile phone.
Weight	76.4 kg (-0.3 kg from yesterday)

Stats as of 15 Mar 2006	km’s
Today	16.2
Prev 7 Days	89.9
Prev 28 Days	228.2
Mar 2006	167.4
YTD	698.0
Month Average 2006	232.7
Weekly Average 2006	58.2
Total (2001 – to date)	8439.1

This morning my feet were still a little sore, well very tender with all the blisters. I thought that maybe a run today was out of the question but later in the afternoon I went to the chemist and got some patch-up stuff. Applied water-proof bandage to affected areas, then on top of that some padded gauze material and further on top of that wore thicker socks. Tried my new Loco Mojo’s on and they felt ok and at this point, “yep, I’m going for a run”.

Headed off from home to run along the Werribee River to Shaws Rd and return, all up around 16.2 km. No problems with the shoes and I think they’ll be ok for future runs. In the meantime I’ll just have to pad-up until the blisters are well and truly gone.

I started a thread on Runners World forum regarding ‘Breaking in New Shoes’. There are some interesting replies.

The run itself, I didn’t really push it, just ambled around at a pace of 5:13 /km. I’m happy with the heart rate not exceeding 142 and averaging 132 for nearly 90 mins effort. I’m putting this down to improving fitness.

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