Technology to the rescue

Between been "Dad's Taxi" and other domestic duties I squeezed in 15 miles of trail running. This takes my mileage in 5 days to 38 and tomorrow I should bring that total to 50. I tried to avoid all the dogs that were interested in my gaitors as one bite of those would give me a major issue for my trip to the Sahara Desert next week. There was one wee terrier (it's always the wee ones), whose owner was to distracted by his headphones, who really wanted to take a chunk out of me and when the owner noticed the confrontation he didn't seem to bother. Obviously his dog didn't bite, in his opinion, but any closer and he'd have been testing his flying ability - bloody dog owners, get a hold of your dogs please! I then went to visit my poditrist who is experimenting with different material on my orthotics to spread the load and reduce the heat in my feet. The results were amazing and it will soon be a published case study once I've returned from the Sahara. Anything that takes the pressure off my feet gets my vote as they will be taking a substantial amount of punishment running 5.5 marathons in 7 days carrying 10 kg in 40 degrees. It's really getting high tech and I have the experts on my side - thanks Robbie.