Holy hell, my feet hurt

I'm at a critical decision point. I taped up the blisters on Monday and did a test run around the block to see how good my feet felt after that (pretty good) (about a quarter-mile).

Tried to run the lake. Barely lasted a mile and a half of running (broken up with periods of walking). Made it around the lake, but limping toward the end. The tape adheres so tightly to my feet that it's like skin — skin that can be rubbed and irritated on top of my blisters. Crap. (four miles)

I did discover that, as terrible as my "cross-trainer" shoes are for running, they're decent walking shoes. Take what you can get, figure out what to do for what you don't have, I guess.

In the midst of putting laundry away, discovered that STILL nothing really fits, and whether I'm PMSing or just eating too much salt and retaining water or eating too much peanut butter (the evil-est love in my life at the moment), I'd gained back about three pounds. Damn.

Hit the gym for an hour and a half on the treadmill. (Just under 6.5 miles)

I'm calling the day 10.5 miles for Monday.

Tuesday was spent shopping and dragging my aching feet around Portland in shoes that aren't usually deemed worth of walking, but I spent the cash on some night orthotic inserts, and they wound up being actually very comfortable. I was still tired and very sore at the end of the day, but considering the 10.5 miles the day before, I think that would have been expected anyway. I'm calling the walking in Portland/Vancouver (Costco, IKEA, Lloyd Center, St. Johns) at least 2.5 miles. At least. But I was wearing a dress that isn't conducive to clipping on a pedometer, so I'll never really know.

ALSO (very important): I splurged and went to Lady Foot Locker and got fitted for running shoes that will theoretically not cripple me. My bank account, maybe. But after consulting with the girl and getting my feet measured and showing her my current shoes and my blisters and explaining what I do, I walked out with what should be an $80 solution to my problem. I think I'll still have to tape the blisters that I have right now, but the hope is that these will prevent future damage. I hope. Gosh, I hope ...

So.

13 miles this week
40 miles this month
193.25 miles this year

306.75 miles remaining