Jig and Jog

Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m., but I’m having a hard time with this “fall back” business.  You see, the weather here in Los Angeles lately has been, well, hardly fall like.  I know we don’t get actual seasons, and we hardly ever see the leaves change, but is it too much to ask for some crisp weather?  You know, something below 80 degrees preferably?  Today, at least, we had a bit of clouds, and the temps have dropped again. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for more drops to come.

My toes are quite sore after more than two hours of dance practice this afternoon.  It had been two weeks since my last practice, and a year since the last time I danced before that.  In street shoes, I wear a size 6 womens, but in Irish dance soft shoes, I wear a 2.5.  I but my shoes so much smaller not only because there is a size difference anyway, but because when they’re smaller, they look neater, and if you buy them with room in the toe, they’re too big, and get stretched out. Basically, you want a nice, snug fit, and the 2.5s are the perfect size. Here I am two years ago at regionals, you can kinda see how small the shoes make my feet look. Although, they are pretty small anyway.  Also, just to clear things up, yes, I used self tanner on just my legs. It’s an Irish dance thing.

When I was dancing all the time, it was rate that my toes would hurt after practice. Usually they would be a little sore after a major competition, because I danced harder at competitions than at class, but even then, usually, more often than not, it was my arches that would be on fire.  There’s no support in those shoes. Anyway, after class today, I noticed I had two tiny blisters on the tops of my second toe on each foot. Ahhh, memories. It’s funny to me that for dance I buy shoes in a smaller size, and for running I buy them slightly larger. It isn’t just my toes that are sore from today’s practice, my right knee is a bit sore, which is I guess a nice break for the left side of my body which normally hurts. Jokes. I stretched, and took some Ibprofen and hopefully some rest will make me in tip top shape for tomorrow.

On the schedule for tomorrow is a 6 mile run.  We’ve got to really start buckling down and working on increasing our mileage since we’re about nine weeks away from the Phoenix Rock n’ Roll half marathon in January!  Time is just flying by. I’m off to read, and then sleep so I can be up bright and early for our training!

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