Ok, you asked for it! These are not the worst you can find on the internet, but they are MY feet and the pain was bloody horrendous by the end. The full race report is here.
These are in chronological order….so you can see the deterioration:
Second checkpoint…nothing too bad!
Second checkpoint
Second checkpoint
Fourth checkpoint
Fourth checkpoint
Fifth checkpoint
Fifth checkpoint
Fifth checkpoint…hmmm, black toenail appearing & right little toe needing taping already…not good.
Fifth checkpoint
Middle of the afternoon…getting bigger
Later in the afternoon….getting even bigger and more painful
Late afternoon
Late afternoon
Checkpoint 6, just before surgery to release the pus
Checkpoint 6
Checkpoint 6
Just before leaving checkpoint 6…all dressed up
Leaving checkpoint 6….post surgery
Checkpoint 8…heels starting to go
Checkpoint 8…don’t look bad, but hurting badly
Checkpoint 8
checkpoint 9…ouch
Checkpoint 9
Checkpoint 11
Checkpoint 11
CP 12
CP 12
CP 12
CP 12
CP12
CP12
This was how much tape my feet needed at the end…
My favourite…my right little toe by the end…see all the layers of skin worn away, no wonder it hurt like bloody hell.
At the end
At the end…
At the end…
At the end…no holes but bloody painful
The toe nail came off a few days later…
Ouch
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