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You, Too, Can Have an Artificial Toenail

As runners, many of you have probably encountered the painful loss of a toenail. I suffered a black toenail after running Boston in April, and it fell off right at the beginning of sandal season in Seattle. That was sad, but what was even more sad was I had not gotten a pedicure since long [...]

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Running Into a Black Toenail

***Warning!! If you have a squeamish stomach or have an aversion to foot/toe stories, this might not be the post for you*** ****Also, there are no pictures in this post because I really don’t want to gross you guys out anymore than reading this might. Use your imagination!**** The dreaded black toenail. If you are [...]

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116th Boston marathon finisher medal

I Must Get Back to Boston!

It’s been less than two weeks since I ran the Boston Marathon, and I am officially back in training. Here’s how recovery has been: Monday, April 16-Ran the marathon, finished, took a bath, drank champagne, ate, drank some more champagne, passed out Tuesday-SORE quads (lots of downhill in marathon), sore big toenail on right foot, [...]

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