So I tightened my shoelaces on Saturday morning before a 10k run. About halfway, I could feel it wasn't right - the laces were too tight against the bone of my foot - but I'm a stubborn fool so I kept going. Got home and my foot was very sore.
Took a couple of rest days and went out again yesterday for a 4k. Sore again. So I'm taking the rest of the week off in the hopes that rest helps my foot.
Has anyone else had this kind of problem?
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Mine were too tight. I kept getting a pain on the top of my foot. They are much looser now to allow for swelling. I now need to get longer laces as these Brooks ones are really short. I suppose they are not supposed to be flapping around either. There is a bewildering plethora of ways to lace up running shoes on the net. Trial and error I guess.
My feet used to get bone sore and numb across the arch in both running shoes and walking boots. I researched different lacing patterns (sorry, I haven't got a link, but you can Google it) and it turns out I have high arches. So now I lace up tight but miss out a couple of holes in the centre - it looks a bit weird but I'm sure I could hear my feet sigh with relief! No more soreness, just happy feet 🙂. It is well worth experimenting to find what suits your foot shape.
Thanks for the responses, everyone. Some interesting things to think about.
The high arches thing is definitely a possibility. My mom has them so I could too.
I think I was overcompensating for the lace issue during my runs, which ended up hurting the heel and sole, so while I take some rest days, I'll look into some different ways of lacing my shoes. Another bit of running nerdery to get into 😆
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