The signature line on Mike’s email caught my eye. “Treat your feet as you would have yourself be treated.” He called it, Running’s Golden Rule.”
Because feet have always interested me, I asked him to tell me more.
Mike says, “I think it means the same as The Golden Rule: Take care of your feet and they will take care of you; treat your feet with respect and kindness and they’ll support you in tough times; be your best friend to your feet and they’ll be your best friend when you need one most.
I like that. Too often we relegate our feet to the end of the line. Sure we buy good footwear and socks – but that’s it – we forget about the feet themselves. We forget quality toenail care and then wonder why we get black toenails. We forget about callus control and then wonder have to deal with blisters underneath them. We fail to deal with corns, Athlete’s foot, and other problems common to feet. We get blisters but don’t take time to figure out why we get then and learn measures to prevent and treat them.
To often we forget the Golden Rule: “Treat your feet as you would have yourself be treated.” Actually, it is pretty easy. A few minutes a day it all it takes.
