Sub Fifteens

My poor big toenails are both purple. I think I should try to find matching nail polish and make ALL of my toenails the same color. ;-)

The left toe was injured a few weeks ago when I dropped a large plastic tub (empty) and the corner hit the corner of my toe. Ouch, ouch, ouch . . . It stopped hurting a few days later and the bruise has just spread to this.

The right toe on the other hand has NOT been injured. Well, at least not by a box. And it really hasn't hurt. However, as you can tell it is quite discolored. I will likely lose the nail on that toe. And, THAT will hurt. Oh, not the losing of it, but the unprotected nailbed. I lost that nail once before - in the 80s after I had surgery to correct a bunion.

No, this nail's color is the result of the sub-fifteens mentioned in the title.

When I first began walking outside this spring my times were dismal. Okay by me, really, for the shape I was in, but still slow, slow, slow. Three miles would take me 57 minutes to complete.

This week? Well, friends, THIS week I posted TWO sub-fifteen minute mile days. My three miles were finished Thursday in 44:48 and Friday in 44:11. How very cool is that? Very, if I may say so myself. Hard work, but rewarding - in stamina and body shaping.

The bike trail has mileage marked in half mile increments. I walk from mile 9.5 to a turnaround at mile 11, then back to mile 9.5. The walk from my house to that mile marker is my warm up. To cool down I walk about a mile further and then back to the house. Those steps are at a much slower pace, which is a good thing. I fetch the paper from the end of the drive and glance over the front page while doing my stretches.

Multi-tasking. I'm all about multi-tasking.

So, the toes are a bit beaten up, but the moose is not daunted by colored nals. Nosireebob! They are just cool enough to be . . . . well, COOL. ;-)

Posted by Purplemoose at August 7, 2005 11:29 PM