SillyC wrote:Can someone
SillyC said:
Can someone give me some hints on how tight they are supposed to be? Do I yank em so tight they hug my arch? Or leave them flapping?
Hi Silly (nice to see you here, too :smile: )
No - In my experience so far, don't tighten them at all, leave them kind of loose feeling at first. When you put them on, you should kind of think, "hmmm... could be a little tighter". Then run a little and see how they feel. If they really are too loose, then you tighten them slightly and you really just have to find the perfect tension for you. It'll probably be looser than you would intuitively expect. Well, that was my experience anyway.
But maybe someone else has had a different experience and will mention it.
I had cut my first laces too short, thinking they should be kind of snug. But then I had to start all over with new, longer laces.
How are you lacing them, btw?
I've tried all the ways everyone uses to secure them and really prefer my shock cord / bungee cord style. The drawback is that it tends to cut into my skin when I'm not running or walking, so not so good for general use, though I do get used to it.
Also, I cut mine out more closely to my actual footprint, with very little extra material anywhere, including below the arch. I find that a pretty big improvement in the comfort factor over the more "traditional" form, and it's even closer to BF. They also don't flap around at all.
I make a wet footprint on construction paper and draw around it. When making the print, I push my foot down hard and roll it a bit from side to side and front to back, to make sure that everything that touches while running is covered. I trim away the excess material after running in them. Well, I've done it three times now, so, I'm still learning myself and still looking to get it perfected.
"We are all an experiment of one" :smile:
