Some things only runners understand

[keweenawlove]

Some friends wanted to get pedicures today. I had to tell them I was busy. The real reason I didn't want to go was that I'm a week out from a half marathon. My feet are good and callused where they need to be and I don't want anyone messing with them!

[al320]

I havent an accepted to go for a pedicure in ages. Ill meet up for lunch, or suggest we go for massages instead!

[cinco]

Yeah, I'm with you on that one. My rough, ugly feet serve me well.

[Brit]

I must be the odd man out. I get a pedicure about once a month and use one of those pumice scrubbers on them in the shower every day.

[joenali]

Omg!! This is the exact reason I do not go!! The last time I went with my friends I told them not to pumice my feet or cut off any calluses. The girl looked at me like I was crazy!!

[taratru]

I never go either. It's too much money for just a massage and nail polish. I need my calluses!

[ebeth]

May 12, 2013 18:29:13 GMT -5 Brit said:

I must be the odd man out. I get a pedicure about once a month and use one of those pumice scrubbers on them in the shower every day.

Nope. I do this too. Otherwise i get blisters under calluses. sexy. my h is unemployed so i haven't had a pedi lately in the interest of saving $$, but I'm prob gonna break down and get one soon. My feet are a mess.

[AAM2012]

I'm too embarrassed to get one since two of my toe nails are still f-ed up/gone from a half I did in February.

[mfluder]

Ha! Glad I'm not the only one that doesn't let them touch my callouses:). They do give me a weird look.

[zoidberg]

Running aside, I leave mine alone. They are there for a reason! They serve a purpose, it's not like they're skin tags or something.

[MrsE]

I got my first pedicure in ages the week before I had knee surgery and I still didn't want the lady to touch my calluses.

[spunkypenguin]

My feet are so jacked, I don't want them whispering to each other about my awful feet. I just paint them myself

[hannahb]

Same reason I don't go. My feet are gross!

[libbygrl109]

I stopped going because I hated the weird looks I kept getting when I told them not to touch my calluses.

[Étoile]

May 12, 2013 19:22:08 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

I'm too embarrassed to get one since two of my toe nails are still f-ed up/gone from a half I did in February.

My big toenails are STILL JACKED FROM OCTOBER
I think I damaged my nailbeds because they are growing back verrrry slowly. DH calls them lava toes ::slap::

[savan]

May 12, 2013 19:22:08 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

I'm too embarrassed to get one since two of my toe nails are still f-ed up/gone from a half I did in February.

Me too!  One of my toenails refuses to fall off so I've grown at least one nail underneath it.  It's so creepy.  I'm way too embarrassed to let anyone have a close look at my feet.

[gt7301b]

Y'all are crazy!! It is summer time and I want to wear sandals. I just don't let them use the razor, but other than that I love pedicures.

[texassmith]

I hated pedicures even before I was a runner. NO ONE is allowed to touch my feet. DH knows there are serious consequences if he touches them. I hate feet.

[joenali]

May 13, 2013 6:18:37 GMT -5 gt7301b said:

Y'all are crazy!! It is summer time and I want to wear sandals. I just don't let them use the razor, but other than that I love pedicures.

I can paint my own nails. Andplusalso, I don't need my feet done to wear sandals.

[gt7301b]

May 13, 2013 7:46:57 GMT -5 joenali said:

May 13, 2013 6:18:37 GMT -5 gt7301b said:

Y'all are crazy!! It is summer time and I want to wear sandals. I just don't let them use the razor, but other than that I love pedicures.

I can paint my own nails. Andplusalso, I don't need my feet done to wear sandals.

Not me, I am a disaster with nail polish and nail polish remover. I keep ruining furniture:p

[breezy8407]

I've only had one, before my wedding. I don't like any feet, including my own. And I am cheap

[ebeth]

May 13, 2013 8:08:31 GMT -5 gt7301b said:

May 13, 2013 7:46:57 GMT -5 joenali said:

I can paint my own nails. Andplusalso, I don't need my feet done to wear sandals.

Not me, I am a disaster with nail polish and nail polish remover. I keep ruining furniture:p

also, it's so much prettier and lasts so much longer when someone else does it.

[Deleted]

I'll go, but I always tell them to leave the callouses there. They usually understand and don't touch them.

[archaeominx]

May 12, 2013 20:06:17 GMT -5 spunkypenguin said:

My feet are so jacked, I don't want them whispering to each other about my awful feet. I just paint them myself

Same here. My toes look like they've been mangled by wild animals. It's embarrassing.

[aurora]

DH and I were just talking about this yesterday as I was "admiring" my falling-off, unpainted big toenails while walking to breakfast in sandals. I think it's sad when people think they have to sacrifice foot comfort because their feet don't meet some societal definition of pretty. I am proud that my feet show I am an athlete!

[thom]

Ha! I totally understand too. :-)

[shauni27]

I go right after a big race. My reward to myself is always a pedicure and a massage after a half And I do not do enough big races that my feet need to stay "rough and tough" because I am not constantly training or doing long runs, etc.

[osulori]

I'm getting a pedi on Friday...first one since my sister got married, so early August of last year? I can't wait-I can't reach my feet particularly easily right now, my running days are significantly numbered at this point, and I want my toenails to look nice for pics (maternity and family) and my baby shower this weekend. Plus my parents gave me a GC for Mother's Day I'm getting the cheap pedi b/c I don't need the massage part (my feet are too damn ticklish, so its not relaxing) and I am so excited it's not even funny.

[jillybean222]

May 12, 2013 18:29:13 GMT -5 Brit said:

I must be the odd man out. I get a pedicure about once a month and use one of those pumice scrubbers on them in the shower every day.

Me too!  I love pedicures!!!  Maybe that's why I don't run as fast as cinco

And I am always looking at other people's feet so I assume people are looking at mine so I keep them pretty.  I must admit, for a runner, I have pretty toes!  

[wanderlustmom]

I am in the love me my pedicures and my runs camp. But I just do 5ks, 10ks, 15ks and halfs. I let them work on my callouses, I go monthly and I like them almost as much as my runs.