I managed to run an 82 mile relay race this weekend and my feet came out — well surprisingly well. No major blisters and no noticeable pain. WIN!
Then I decided to go on a little walk today during a break that I had in my work schedule.
And managed to TOTALLY screw up my feet.
Yes my friends. Even if your runners feet are beast enough to tackle a relay, they are likely not beast enough to tackle a long hilly walk in heels.
After 3 slow miles around my new work-hood, I am not walking barefoot and sporting 5 different bandaids. I kid you not. How does that even happen? Two major pinky toe blisters, two ankle blisters, and one big toe blister. Brilliant Ash. I guess it’s a good thing I wasn’t planning on running until well later into the week, right?
Ahh well. . . you win some {like running a relay} and you lose some {like I will be losing these heels}.
My mangled feet didn’t stop me from enjoying a nice {warm} little bike ride with the hubby post work to catch up on our first days back in the office.
8 and a half miles of hills and lake riding, the perfect way to wrap up a Monday Tuesday and work up an appetite.
Labor Day
Now that the real business for the day is done, let’s backtrack to my Labor Day Activities.
I could lie to you all and make us sound a lot cooler than we are, but I like you guys. So I wont. Needless to say Zach and I had an epic Parenthood marathon broken up only by a mile long walk with the Gusman, prepping dinner, and catching up with a few friends. Yup — that’s how we spent our Labor Day. And I wouldn’t change a thing.
We did also manage to do the right Summer thing and grill out.
A large green salad to share, with chicken for me, steak for Z, and grilled veggies to share. At least we celebrated the holiday appropriately in one sense.
How was your Labor Day Weekend? What did you do?
I’ve been there with the walking in the heels!! My labor day weekend was awesome! Despite spending it in the hospital with my daughter. At least the family spent time together! 🙂 food looks yummy!!!
Hope your daughter is A-ok!
She is doing great now!
wait — you walked 3 miles in heels?! girl. i can’t even walk to the bathroom and back in heels. you poor thing, that’s the worst. take care of those feet. my heels have band-aids at least once a week. i’m always a fail with anything but flip flops.
Never walking in heels again!
Walking in heels is the WORST! I can totally feel my calf muscles shortening whenever I wear heels.
And that sounds like a perfectly relaxing Labor Day to me!
It really was perfect!
Those heels do not look comfortable! Not fun at all.
My labor day weekend was great! Lots of friends and events. It was busy but good.
Nice! How many miles did you end up running? I wish I could walk at lunch, but it’s too damn hot! Gym is AC though. Sweet bike!
I ended up running a little over 13 for my leg — ouch. Talk about under trained…
Been there, done that, still haven’t learned my lesson. 😉