Happy 2010 to everyone! I thought I'd start the new year off right, from a runners perspective, a little black trophy greeted me this new year. A first for me, I have never had the famous black toe nail that I have heard so much about from the running community. I can say that I am not at all impressed with it, but it does give one a unique look when bare footed. Though explaining it to my masseuse was no easy task.
I had run my usual Sunday long run, 10 miles out in the desert hills around Phoenix, AZ. If you are interested I was wearing a pair of Brooks Cascadia 4. When I returned home my little toe hurt and it felt like someone had taken a hammer to it. To those of you who have never had one of these this should be your indoctrination into the world of the famous black toenail. Plenty of pain, redness, swelling and after a number of days the trophy of a black toe nail. Of course I was curious what causes this and Google was full of articles and unfortunately pictures. Essentially your toe gets hammered inside your shoe enough to where a blister develops between the toenail bed and the toenail and that blood accumulation spreads thus resulting in that wonderful black color. From this point forward I am not sure what will happen, will the nail grow, will it fall off, stay tuned.
A good article on this phenomenom can be found at Jeff Galloway's website. I like the fact that he says the black toe nail is "a sign that you've moved your training into a higher level". Good info at Jeff's site.
http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/injury_archives/black_toe.html
Well the training continues, the Phoenix Rock and Roll Half Marathon is now 2 weeks away for this runner. Had some good runs this week and even wanted to take a day off New Years but toughed it out and ran 4.5 miles because I know the guilt of not running would hang over my head all day long. Keep runnin!
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