{"id":8795,"date":"2018-04-03T21:44:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T01:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=8795"},"modified":"2018-06-12T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:58:26","slug":"skin-in-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=8795","title":{"rendered":"Skin in the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8791\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2979.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2979.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2979-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Being in the Woods = Happiness (at least at the beginning of this run)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My last run introduced a new challenge to the mix of getting ready for the Hyner race:  BLISTERS.  With three weeks to go until the race, the blister problem has become a Gordian Knot situation that needs to be solved ASAP.  <\/p>\n<p>When I first got these Saucony Perigrine shoes a few months ago I worried the heels might prove to be a problem.  But I ran in them a handful of times on rail trails and then on trails at <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=8678\">Mahlon Dickerson Reservation<\/a>.  Their heels weren&#8217;t as snug as I&#8217;d like but they didn&#8217;t seem to be a problem.  I ran at the Delaware Water Gap a few times with snow on the trails, my distance averaging 6 miles.  It wasn&#8217;t until the trails were clear and I was able to go farther that I encountered the problem of blisters on my heels.<\/p>\n<p>I did a little research and decided to do a test run near home today.  I slapped on multiple Band-Aids and wore two pairs of wool socks.  I went over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dickersonminepreserve.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dickerson Mine Preserve<\/a> (not the same place as the Mahlon Dickerson Reservation, but named after the same guy).<\/p>\n<p>My plan was do run 5 miles.  By mile 2 my heels were on fire again.  The double socks didn&#8217;t help.  I ground out 3 more miles, running more than walking because I just couldn&#8217;t wait to be done.  Plus, I was in a hurry to get back to the drawing board to find a different solution to this problem.<\/p>\n<p>And one other thing.  It snowed again today.  Aren&#8217;t we like 2 weeks into Spring?  What the heck?<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few photos from the Preserve:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8790\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2977.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2977.jpg 525w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2977-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of several easy trails here<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8792\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2982.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2982.jpg 525w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2982-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Power lines coming through<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8793\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2984.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2984.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2984-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Same lines, different part of the trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8794\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2985.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2985.jpg 700w, https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Img_2985-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You know you&#8217;re on a New Jersey trail when there are empties left by a tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My last run introduced a new challenge to the mix of getting ready for the Hyner race: BLISTERS. With three weeks to go until the race, the blister problem has become a Gordian Knot situation that needs to be solved ASAP. When I first got these Saucony Perigrine shoes a few months ago I worried &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/?p=8795\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skin in the Game&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-jersey","category-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9297,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8795\/revisions\/9297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloggingsam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}