Have you tried different shoes? Since they seem to happen in the same place all the time, and your foot could be sliding around a lot, maybe a different brand or size of shoe would help. You've tried everything else that I can think of. I'm very impressed with your determination to keep pushing through that pain.
You've tried everything else that I can think of. I'm very impressed with your determination to keep pushing through that pain.
It might be foolish, but blisters won't stop me!!!!!!
Hmm it looks like you've tried everything I was going to suggest except the injiji and wrightsox.I think the main problem I have is the place where I get the blisters. The worst ones are normally on the ball of my feet extending between my 2nd and 4th toe. At some point the blister pushes into the tender skin between the ball of my feet and the underside of my toes and that is what hurts. There really is no good way to tape that area without having something rub between your toes with each movement of your foot. The blisters also seem to be worse on race day for whatever reason.
I have also been(for the last few months) tying my shoes with I think what is called the "lace lock" method to prevent your foot from sliding in your shoe.
I haven't tried ininji toe socks. They are next on my list, but I don't really expect very different results. I also have never tried plain deodorant on my feet. That was suggested to me during the half. As I get faster, another idea I had was packing an extra pair of socks to change into at the halfway point. Right now I am so slow that if I stopped to change socks (at least a 3-4 minute stop) I could be in danger of being swept.
It might be foolish, but blisters won't stop me!!!!!!
I've had good luck with WrightSocks. They are 2-layers with the idea that the layers rub against each other and not your foot.
They even come in dress sock styles, so I can wear them to the after race party!
Oh my gosh, Irishtwins!!! I knew we had to be standing near each other in the corral. I remember exactly who you are!!! I was the one who said, "You're not really going to throw that quilt away are you?" I realized that it sounded very judgemental and wished I hadn't said it. I have been a quilter most of my life and I couldn't stand to see that poor quilt abandoned by the side of the corral. Of course, when you showed me how damaged it already was I had to agree, haha.
I remember you telling about being swept previously and how hard it was to make it that far. I thought about you often throughout the race, especially when I got to Hollywood Studios. I am so glad to know that you made it the whole way!! I am the one who was sort of in front of you. I have a short haircut (dark brown and straight). I am 62, but hope that I look younger than that, haha. You gave me a lot of help and motivation, and I am happy that I met you and heard your story.
Do you remember the woman standing near us who was driving everyone nuts with her obsessive worrying about being swept. She was the one who talked about every bite of food she had eaten and tracked in the past month and her slowest distance training run had been 12 minute miles. I finally had to just ignore her because it was causing me to doubt myself and my training too much. I just wanted to yell "SHUT UP!" Hearing her talk about how scared she was to be swept made me really mad. She just didn't get that there were many of us who would have been thrilled with a 12 min. pace and had far more reason to be worried about being swept. I was really glad to be away from her.
Maybe we will meet again in the future. Best of luck with finding a fix for your blisters. Never get a pedicure before the race! Know that from experience. Wait until after!
Congrats again from someone who really knows how great it feels,
Lynda
Ohh an I'm pretty sure 2018 will be the 5th anniversary of the Dopey so it's a very good goal.
If you end up with no other choice, you can always become an online VIP member of http://www.roadrunnersports.com/. 90 day return period (the returned shoes are donated to charities from what they've told me). Might take some time, especially if you don't have the funds to buy several pairs at once (and not many do, I think), but it could be worth it.