Hi all,
My first question is about blisters from my VFF's when I have never gotten them before. I've been wearing these all winter, sometimes with socks and sometimes without and have had absolutely no problems with blisters. Now all of a sudden after wearing them for a 5k mud run, they are causing small blisters on the same spot of both feet. Any ideas as to why? I thought maybe there was some grit left in there from the run, but I hosed them off and washed them then allowed them to air dry and am not feeling any dirt left in them. I'm only up to doing half of my run barefoot so really need to keep using these until I am able to go completely bare, but I really don't want to deal with blisters.
Next is about water. I posted a little while ago about suffering from fatigue and it was suggested that maybe I am not drinking enough water. I have a hard time because I tend to not really like plain water and figured this is an easy enough one to give some attention to. Problem is, what exactly is enough water? lol I've been trying to keep track of how much I drink and can say that I drink at least 64oz of water a day as well as my decaf green/herbal iced tea I tend to prefer as well. My tea is sweetened with stevia. I tend to always be thirsty and have noticed that I feel like I am dying for a drink after only 1.5 to 2 miles, which is as long as my runs are since I'm on week 7 of the couch to 5k. Anyone else deal with getting real thirsty on runs this short?
Thanks in advance for any and all advice/ideas.
Cali
My first question is about blisters from my VFF's when I have never gotten them before. I've been wearing these all winter, sometimes with socks and sometimes without and have had absolutely no problems with blisters. Now all of a sudden after wearing them for a 5k mud run, they are causing small blisters on the same spot of both feet. Any ideas as to why? I thought maybe there was some grit left in there from the run, but I hosed them off and washed them then allowed them to air dry and am not feeling any dirt left in them. I'm only up to doing half of my run barefoot so really need to keep using these until I am able to go completely bare, but I really don't want to deal with blisters.
Next is about water. I posted a little while ago about suffering from fatigue and it was suggested that maybe I am not drinking enough water. I have a hard time because I tend to not really like plain water and figured this is an easy enough one to give some attention to. Problem is, what exactly is enough water? lol I've been trying to keep track of how much I drink and can say that I drink at least 64oz of water a day as well as my decaf green/herbal iced tea I tend to prefer as well. My tea is sweetened with stevia. I tend to always be thirsty and have noticed that I feel like I am dying for a drink after only 1.5 to 2 miles, which is as long as my runs are since I'm on week 7 of the couch to 5k. Anyone else deal with getting real thirsty on runs this short?
Thanks in advance for any and all advice/ideas.
Cali