Tip of the Day... Mesh Shoes Keep Your Feet Cool

We are into week 3 and I think things are going pretty well - the steady runs are actually becoming enjoyable and less taxing!  Success and the new runners I am pacing with are very entertaining.... I guess on Sunday we'll see how many British and German stories I hear about immigrating to Canada...

I think the highlight of this week had to be during the clinic portion of the evening - we had the famous clothing talk... which was alright, didn't learn anything earth shattering.  However, I asked a question that is on my mind and makes me a little nervous for race day  - how will the hot feet survive this.  The Man-with-running-god-legs (aka Murray) answered my question today... easy, he says, wear shoes with mesh pannelling on the side and compression socks.  Seriously buddy... that's the best you got... mesh panelling????  I looked down at my awesome purple shoes and hey they are mesh!  Strangely enough though my feet are still always hot during runs... so I'm beginning to think, maybe Murray doesn't sweat, or maybe his feet don't...  plus when someone mentioned changing socks during the race, he asked why would you want to waste the time.  Okay, at this point the voice in my head is screaming "Who are you... waste the time?  Isn''t it time worth spent if you can walk with minimal pain and blisters after the race, okay this guy is a machine, a lean mean, no-foot sweat machine.  Anyway... I am not sure I will really ask for too much advice maybe just trial and error would be better (obviously, Murray was created from the running gods and he doesn't have the same issues everyone else does!).

Oh well, despite the shoe/sock/feet comment.  It was a nice run tonight... steady run 6 km, 34.56 mins, average pace 6:28 min/km... seems to be my comfortable pace!  Total distance so far this week 14.5 km with a long 16 km easy run on Sunday.  I'm also thinking of trying to pop in a little tempo run on Sunday... apparently we are to be doing these ourselves... so maybe a tempo run to the YMCA, some weights and a nice cool down job/walk home.  Who knows!

So far so good!  And I think I might actually be getting excited for the race (especially after talking to Amy tonight - can't wait to see you!)