4 Miles on the W&OD Trail

Today was a pretty stressful day.  It started out poorly due to a poor night's sleep and didn't get much better at work where nothing was working right (thankfully not my fault).  Anyway...

when I got home it was warm enough and not raining so I geared up and went out for a run.  I decided to run 4 miles all forefoot striking.  My calves had loosened up enough from Friday's run to try this new technique again.

I felt good running today.  It melted most of the stress away and I was just "out there running".  But at the start of the fourth mile it started raining, so I picked up the pace and hurried home.  Unfortunately on the ball of my left forefoot (just under the big toe) I started to develop a blister.  In all the training for and running of the marathon I never once got a blister, but here after only 4 miles I was developing one!  I think, with this new running gait, I may be more prone to blisters than before.  I'll have to see if the new New Balance Minimus 20s that I ordered will help with this.