foot care at badwater

Jul 31, 2011 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Health Tagged: alene nitzky, badwater, blister care, Foot Care, foot care at badwater, heat, hydration

This guest post comes courtesy of Alene Nitzky, Ph.D., RN I ran Badwater as a rookie in 2008 with two years of crewing and pacing experience and several training runs across the valley. I'd never had foot or stomach problems before, but in the race, I suffered from an array of the usual problems runners have there: blisters, swollen ankles, not peeing enough, vomiting, nothing tasting good, and not getting enough calories. While working on the medical team at Badwater in 2009 and 2010 and …

Jul 24, 2011 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care Tagged: alene nitzky, badwater, blister care, Foot Care, foot care at badwater

Alene Nitzky is a veteran ultrarunner from Colorado who two weeks ago completed Badwater, and then turned around and made it a "Badwater Double" - going back on the course to the start. She had successfully run Badwater before and spent several years working on the medical team. Her Double this year was a success in many ways. Her stomach held up well and her feet cooperated. Here is a report from Alene's blog about what worked for her feet. You have to remember that whatever is going on in …

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