The G Running Diary

The Aftermath: 8/2/03

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It's the weekend again and there are still little piles of Badwater items all over the place. A lot of it is in plastic boxes. We found these perfect-sized Sterilite storage containers that we first encountered at the FANS 24-hour run. Bob Metzger let us borrow a couple for the run and we thought they were great. We spent over a month searching for them, and when we finally found them, purchased about a dozen. It is a great way to organize all the running supplies we have accumulated: pills, powders, first aid, tape, maps, nighttime supplies, batteries, flashlights--anything big enough to have its own category. Of course, even in boxes, the stuff is still all over my living room. I wonder if people have whole separate rooms devoted to running supplies?

Our foot care supplies are in tackle boxes. Don and I have one each now because of Badwater (separate crews, separate foot care). But even with all these boxes there are non-contained items scattered around the house. I am looking at BlisterShield, a product I have yet to try that is supposed to prevent blisters by reducing friction. I think I will try it tomorrow in the Skyline 50K. After the epic journey of Badwater it is hard to imagine only running 31 miles. The nice part is not having to worry about all the supplies and crews. We can just put on our shoes, bring some water bottles and start off. The aid stations are well stocked--it was this race where someone said, "you just run from picnic to picnic," which was the surprise of trail 50Ks after running road marathons. In road marathons you only get water and Gatorade, and an occasional GU if you are lucky. That doesn't sound very appealing to me right now.