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I seem to be having a problem due to the fact that my second toe is actually longer than my big toe. I am doing the slow running and think about my foot placement but I have noticed that my long toe seems to take a lot of the force when I land on the ball of my foot anyone have the same problem and how did you resolve it?

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Morton's toe?

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor...

Are your shoes preventing your toes from spreading naturally when you run?

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DMLL62Graduate in reply tonowster

I have got a pair of feet shaped shoes to try, to see how that goes.

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nowsterGraduate in reply toDMLL62

You mean like mine? 😉👣

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Not quite the same toes all in the same space for mine.

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nowsterGraduate in reply toDMLL62

A larger toe box on shoes is a good thing, as your toes want to naturally splay when running. Often the recommendation is to go up half a size in running shoes.

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