HOT FOOTING IT

Is it just me, but I find I get very hot feet when I run for more than 5 minutes. I'm wearing lovely meshy running shoes and quite thin [running] socks. I have to seek out puddles and running water and trot through that to keep them cool.

Is it me having weird feet, or do others 'suffer' too?

[Irishprincess Graduate]

You must be running very fast Sally! Roadrunner-like! Can't say I've noticed my feet feeling hot as I'm too busy thinking what shade of Crimson my face is going.

[Hidden in reply to Irishprincess]

Ahhh, crimson face...I know it well. You can compare your face to a Dulux colour card ~ great game!

I suspect my feet are hot not due to speed, but due to them dragging along the ground as I shuffle along.

[GoogleMe Graduate]

I certainly go sloshing through puddles and bogs as relief for my feet.

[Hidden in reply to GoogleMe]

Ah, ha; a fellow hot footer. I just keep having to find any water, which running by a river is easy, so I can keep the old back-paws cool. Trouble is that running through water makes the running shoes wet [obvious comment time] and that makes them pong...

[GoogleMe Graduate in reply to Hidden]

The irony is that I have suffered with cold feet most of my life. Still do sometimes but get the hot feet too. I like crunching through the ice on a puddle in the winter.

I usually have laces covered in peat so my shoes get rinsed off and then I leave them propped up to dry but I have two pairs and alternate so they dry out completely. I do hate smelly shoes!

[Hidden in reply to GoogleMe]

Good to hear about the ice and peat. I love bright, crisp mornings when the frost has kissed the leaves on the trees and the blades of grass crunch under your feet; I also love having peat on my feet. Isn't life great?

I must buy a second pair of trail running shoes.

[GoogleMe Graduate in reply to Hidden]

I do wonder a bit about all the peat that goes down my sink!

I'm not fond of ankle turning tussocks but I do like to be up to my calves.