You're paying too much for running shoes!

While the thread is on running form, dry feet is important too. I learned the hard way that cotton is not the best choice....CoolMax wicks away sweat better. If you do long distance running, bad socks/clothing will chafe the feet, chest and crouch. With feet, sweat and/or bad fitting shoes will cause blisters.

 

With socks, they work quite nicely:

Only gravel remains a challenge.

Bob Wilson

 

How much you spend on your running shoes is partly predicted by your age, gender, income, education, access to and utilization of healthcare, time spent sitting , and other characteristics that may more directly contribute to running injuries. Before anyone concludes that the price spent on running shoes is a direct determinant of running injuries, it will be necessary to control for these potential confounding factors.

 

I did get a blister on the skin at the back of the Archilles tendon, which came from the little strip at the rear. It only happened on the right foot so a band-aid under a sock worked great. I've used some bent nose pliers to recurve the back tab a bit.

I took the dog out to the nature trail by the river and though the burn started to come back towards the end, it was a good burn. I think it is doing some good.

Bob Wilson

 

Those are great, Bob! Look just like mine - well, except I bought the rainbow Injinji socks to go with them

I have rainbow, and white socks with toes... and sometimes, I go with no socks.

Yup, sharp rocks will HURT, but after awhile of wearing them, they are really natural feeling. It took me over a month of wearing mine only in the house and on our lawn to get used to them enough to wear them out for walks and to work. I still have to be careful when I go for walks in them - I tend to come down on my heels too hard (this is what causes knee and hip pain for me), and I have bruised my heels! They are great trainers, that way - training me to walk 'naturally', instead of how shoe manufacturers have conditioned us to...

Here are my black dress Vibrams:

 

With color matching socks, nobody notices ... so I can still crack folks up.

Bob Wilson