I noticed that all my new shoes are getting worn out at the bunions area before I have 150 miles on them. It's really frustrating and embarrassing to wear my shoes with holes in them when they are less than 2 months old. I usually rotate them but all my 3 shoes have the same problem.
I understand now that I need to get wider shoes and shoes with a thicker mesh, but does anyone have the same problems, and if so how do you solve/mitigate or cope with it.
My bank account thanks you in advance.
I would recommend trying out the Hoka Bondi 7 i work at a running store and i have seen it work for people who have bunions before. Or if hoka isnt your cup of tea style-wise you could try out the Gel-Kayano from Asics
Dude, I only got to a couple of miles in the Bondi 7 before my tailor bunions were on fire.
I second this. I have had similar issues and I have 400 miles on my Bondi 7s and they have plenty of life left. Do not waste your money on the Bondi X.
On a lot of my running shoes (depending upon the model), I have to make slits on the outside of the shoe in order to relieve pressure on my tailor bunions. I have a very wide foot at that location (behind the pinky toe.)
They’re zero drop, which can be an issue for people, but have you considered Altra?
Another option would be to use toe dividers while running. Something like CorrecToes will partially correct your valves deformity (you wear them in your shoes).
I know a few people who’ve used toe dividers in Altras and claim it helps.
PCRF-Guy wrote:
They’re zero drop, which can be an issue for people, but have you considered Altra?
Another option would be to use toe dividers while running. Something like CorrecToes will partially correct your valves deformity (you wear them in your shoes).
I know a few people who’ve used toe dividers in Altras and claim it helps.
*valgus deformity.
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Laugh all you want dude, Father Time will catch up with you soon enough. I used to run in a flat minimalist New Balance trail shoe (I think that long haired dude in Colorado popularized them), with no problems, but New Balance no longer makes them. The shoes of today are hit or miss, for guys with the xtra wide feet.
And I’ll tell you what, even though my bunionettes can occasionally present fire (before I break down and slit the outside wall of the shoe), what really can be frustrating is when I do workouts, because then I recurrently get painful blood blisters that develop under the calluses on the inside of the foot, where I too have a minor case of hallux valgus.
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… what really can be frustrating is when I do workouts, because then I recurrently get painful blood blisters that develop under the calluses on the inside of the foot, where I too have a minor case of hallux valgus.
For instance, like today, when I did a hard 50minute sub-threshold on the roads, in the Alphafly. I ran repeatedly up and down a flat section of road that was not more than 250m long, so the repeated turnarounds presented yet another painful blood blister on the inside of the ball-of-the-foot.