Gross Feet

(Warning – the pictures here are not pretty. )

I know I didn’t have pretty feet prior to running.  But now they are just plain old gross.  Don't you just love me for sharing with you?  

On my left foot, I have a black toenail – that is thick and disgusting.  The good thing about that is that it doesn’t hurt. 

On my right foot, I lost the middle toenail.  Totally random.  One day I looked down at my feet and noticed my toenail was hanging out at a 90 degree angle.  I never felt a thing.  I am thankful for that. 

Also, on the right foot, while it’s not black, I definitely have a toenail getting thicker. 

I even noticed that after the half marathon on Sunday, I noticed that on the top of all my toenails (well, except for the black one and missing toenail) is a dark pink color.  It’s still there. 

middle toe is missing toenail - ewwww

Ugh.  My feet are a mess.  I’ve tried going up sizes in my shoes.  I went from an 8.5 to a 9.  When I visited Maine Running Company on Tuesday, I went up another half size.   I hope the increase in shoe size works. 

While I’m on the foot topic – you will notice that I do have bunions.  Knock on wood, they do not bother me.  I try to be super careful in choosing wide shoes and making sure there isn’t any leather/stitching in the bunion area so as to not rub and irritate any further.  When they do ache (which is rare), I wear my yoga toes for a few hours and I feel good to go the next day.  My biggest fear with the bunions is that I will need surgery some day.  Which means taking a break from running.  I’m not there yet, thank goodness. 

Do you have any foot issues?  What do you do to protect your feet?