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Hello!
It's the first time I've posted to this forum but I'm hoping some fellow runners could give me some advice.
Over the years I've tried different trainers but none of them have been quite right, there's always been slight niggles, especially over longer distances. For example, pain in my lower leg, which I've been told is due to the tendons getting tired.
I've had two pairs of Saucony trainers in the past, and they've both been a UK 4.5 and I've recently bought a pair of Guide 7s in a UK 4.5 and they have been great, my lower legs don't get achy, the balls of my feet don't hurt after running 15k BUT ever since I've bought them I've had blisters.
They're the same size as my previous Sauconys so I'm a bit confused. The length feels comfortable and I went to my local specialist running shop to ask for advice, have them look at my running profile and help me select a pair...but I keep getting blisters.
The blisters are on the inside of each foot, kind of between the ball of my foot and arch. I've tried wearing antiblister socks, covering my feet in Vaseline and wearing blister plasters but nothing stops them from appearing.
I've tried to continue running through all this because I'm training for a half marathon at the end of June but I'm feeling a bit demoralised.
I'm starting to think my trainers are simply too narrow (which is a surprise since usually everything from work shoes, to walking boots and climbing shoes are usually too wide for my feet). I know I'm going to have to buy a new pair of trainers but do you think buying the Guide 7s again half a size bigger would make a difference? Or should I give up and try a different shoe altogether?
I'm am a bit disappointed since the Guide 7s are so comfy in every other aspect, I'm hoping a half size up will make the difference. Has anyone else had blisters in the same area of their foot? And how did they get past it?
Thanks for your help!
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AFAICT the Guides are a shoe with support for overpronators. Has someone told you you need these? If not, I would choose or ask for a different, so-called "neutral" shoe or ask a specialist running store for a fitting, and be very cagey about any recommendations for overpronation unless they seem very confident. (Anyway, the whole idea of using a built-up area in a running shoe to correct a so-called running fault has thin to no evidence-base and has come into question recently.)
The Guides have helped the the pain I get on the inside edge of my shin. I used to think it was "shin splints".
I'm just reluctant to splash out on another pair of shoes and for them not to be right.
I'm going back to the running shop tomorrow to see what they say.
well blisters are caused by friction so something must be rubbing
is the arch perhaps bigger than you are used to? maybe putting more pressure on an area that didnt have it before?
is your foot moving around in the shoe at all perhaps they are a tad too wide?
when you say anti blister socks are they the 2 layer ones.
I suffered with blisters on my foot arches for a while, caused by running in my asics trainers which are on the narrow side. Fine for lower mileage but anything longer than about 8 miles and the chafing starts. Switched to Mizuno for my marathon training which are supposedly a bit wider fitting. These improved matters to begin with but for a while I was still getting a bit of blistering. Vaseline and anti blister socks didn't do it for me.
Firstly I managed to get the skin to settle down with compeeds and then when the skin was ready I used KT tape to cover the area to stop the rubbing. I used three strips, overlapping each other from the outside edge of my foot and across the base, up and over the arch onto the top of my foot. I completed a half marathon with tape without any issues. After that I stopped needing the tape as I read somewhere about spraying your feet with strong anti perspirant to stop them sweating while you run. I started using a couple of bursts of Mitchum deodorant and this seemed to do the job as I trained for and ran my marathon without any more blisters on that area!! The deodorant didn't seem to work on toes though as I still got blisters from them rubbing together but I guess you can't win 'em all!
i'd try a pair of twinskins, they tend to help with any kind of rubbing i have