Hi. IOC anyone can shed some light on this I'd be grateful please...
I have developed blisters on my big toe and second toe of one foot (the big, padded bit directly underneath), and on the other big toe, I have split the skin (again, it's on the big padded bit directly underneath). The split isn't caused by a blister but looks like something has sliced into the skin, making a small slit, quite a few layers down (but not deep enough to bleed).
The skin splitting happened once, on my first time out whilst wearing water shoes but this is the first time since wearing Xero's. the blister on my toe never happened until I wore Xero's for the first time, then it stopped until just yesterday (I usually run 3/week up to 6km on roads and trails).
I'm assuming its a form issue and I'm flummoxed as to what to change. I don't mean I'm perfect, ha, far from it. What I mean is that everything else seems to feel good, ie nothing seems to hurt and it's easy(ish) to breathe. One thing I do find very hard is to up my cadence, so perhaps it's a simple as needing to do this? Im wondering if i might take too big a stride, although im very conscious not to and i always land mid foot, never heel. I have a metronome which I used and found v.useful but I couldn't keep up so I wasn't sure if to continue using. Is cadence something that you have to learn/improve or is it a case of what you have, is what you have? I measured mine roughly as 120/min. If I ran with the metronome I could only keep up for a little while, then I would drop back. Perhaps I took even smaller steps with the 180 cadence and this stopped friction on my toes.
Thanks for any answers I get!
I have developed blisters on my big toe and second toe of one foot (the big, padded bit directly underneath), and on the other big toe, I have split the skin (again, it's on the big padded bit directly underneath). The split isn't caused by a blister but looks like something has sliced into the skin, making a small slit, quite a few layers down (but not deep enough to bleed).
The skin splitting happened once, on my first time out whilst wearing water shoes but this is the first time since wearing Xero's. the blister on my toe never happened until I wore Xero's for the first time, then it stopped until just yesterday (I usually run 3/week up to 6km on roads and trails).
I'm assuming its a form issue and I'm flummoxed as to what to change. I don't mean I'm perfect, ha, far from it. What I mean is that everything else seems to feel good, ie nothing seems to hurt and it's easy(ish) to breathe. One thing I do find very hard is to up my cadence, so perhaps it's a simple as needing to do this? Im wondering if i might take too big a stride, although im very conscious not to and i always land mid foot, never heel. I have a metronome which I used and found v.useful but I couldn't keep up so I wasn't sure if to continue using. Is cadence something that you have to learn/improve or is it a case of what you have, is what you have? I measured mine roughly as 120/min. If I ran with the metronome I could only keep up for a little while, then I would drop back. Perhaps I took even smaller steps with the 180 cadence and this stopped friction on my toes.
Thanks for any answers I get!