Schrödinger's Toenail

While I’m running, the second toenail and fifth toenails on my left foot, as well as the third toenail on my right, exist in a state of quantum uncertainty. Are my toenails alive, or dead? The general lack of pain in both feet isn’t at all indicative.

But on an unrelated note, I ran my fastest 5 kilometres ever, yesterday morning. There’s this newfangled thingie called Parkrun, which is an organised timed 5 km run that happens at 8am every Saturday morning. They have these runs in a bunch of countries, and they’re free. You just sign up, print off your personal barcode and show up with the barcode at the run.

Yesterday was the first run, and the Canberra run is at Lake Ginninderra. Anyone in the region who’s looking for something to brighten up their Saturday mornings should come along. You can find more information at the Parkrun Australia website here, and the Ginninderra Parkrun site here. There were 91 runners this week, and I came in 39th. Yay! Good for me! I couldn’t stick around for the coffee at HaHa bar afterwards, didn’t have any cash with me, but next week I’ll definitely try to.

But back to the issue of the moment, namely my feet. I know it’s boring, and people might think it’s gross. But hell, this is my blog and if I want to talk about weird toenails, nobody can stop me. I dunno... people seem to have these weird heebie-jeebies associated with feet. I don’t really understand. Everyone has feet, unless they don’t.

If I started talking about having broken a fingernail, would people get up in arms and call me disgusting? I don’t think so, somehow. Well, maybe some people would.

I think the blisters started because I’m a toe gripper. I grip with my toes more when I’m sprinting or when I’m trying to keep pulling myself along when I’m tired. Maybe I should try to learn to relax my feet.

Anyway, I haven’t lost any toenails yet but it’s only a matter of time. Then, I guess it’s goodbye to open-toed shoes for the time being. Oh well. It’s not really the time of year for sandals anyway.