in the name of running

We all have addictions, but most of us call them by other names.
Sometimes we call them disorders.
And sometimes we call them hobbies.

Lisa Bliss runs ultra marathons. And like many with her addiction, her toenails are often impacted enough on the long trails and roads to fall off. That was until a few years ago when she had them permanently surgically removed. Since then scar tissue has replaced where the nail had been. She says the only time she really notices is when she stubs her toe.

Bliss won the Badwater, the 135-mile race in Death Valley, in 2007 and recently returned from completing Spartathlon, a 245km ultra marathon run from Athens to Sparta.