Anyone else here pick up a pair of the zoom flys? They tore apart the back of the upper part of my heel. Similar problem for others?
Loved the feel of the shoe though. Anyone have success before with latching some mole skin on the heel cup or any other good remedy?
Yes you definitely have to wear a padded sock the heel cup is a little bit abusive
Ive put about 100 miles on mine and not had that issue. I do lace through the last eyelet to snug the heel down. I usually wear a the ultralight drymax socks, so no real sock protection.
Both points I'll have to keep in mind. I always wear the balega hidden comfort socks so the extra pad usually works well, but I'll have to try using the last eyelet.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one though.
Yes I had a bit of that until a callous formed. I've got about 300 miles on a pair at the moment. What I've noticed more than anything is the balls of my feet tend to be on fire after about 6 miles which is odd because I'm naturally more of a forefoot runner. I expected this to go away after break in but it has persisted. The furthest I've run in them is just a bit over 10 and the last few miles were brutal. With that said I still really like the shoes, and other than the forefoot issue they have treated me well.
First 20 miles I wore my typical no-show socks with them and got bad blisters. Threw on some ankle gel bandaids and they healed up nicely. Haven't had any problems since.
Yes, the heel counter is firm and high. Had the same problem first couple runs. Started wearing slightly taller socks, and after some more miles, they have been ok and the top heel area has softened up a bit. Normally I wouldn't put up with this, but it's otherwise such a great shoe...
ClonedDuck wrote:
Anyone else here pick up a pair of the zoom flys? They tore apart the back of the upper part of my heel. Similar problem for others?
Loved the feel of the shoe though. Anyone have success before with latching some mole skin on the heel cup or any other good remedy?
Yes. I had the same issue and have had this issue in many other nikes, especially the lunar lines which this basically is.
No show socks have had a good ride, but it's time to embrace crew socks.
Yes, just did a track session in them Saturday with blisters to show on both heels. I never wear socks with my flats, so such is life. I love them.
I wear the balega socks with my zoom flys too. Never had a problem though.
MiRunr wrote:
Yes, the heel counter is firm and high. Had the same problem first couple runs. Started wearing slightly taller socks, and after some more miles, they have been ok and the top heel area has softened up a bit. Normally I wouldn't put up with this, but it's otherwise such a great shoe...
blisters are finally healing up, going to try taking them out on shorter runs to see if that heel counter softens up. Otherwise just going to chop it off with a scissors.
ClonedDuck wrote:
Anyone else here pick up a pair of the zoom flys? They tore apart the back of the upper part of my heel. Similar problem for others?
Loved the feel of the shoe though. Anyone have success before with latching some mole skin on the heel cup or any other good remedy?
Did you end up cutting your heel off the shoe? I am about to start surgery on these damn shoes. Even with thick ass socks my left heel gets rubbed raw. Love them otherwise.
I left the heel on, but I sat there with a hammer and pounded down the heel counter to soften it up. It helped. Cutting off the top will probably do the trick also.
Ironically, I really do not like the shoe anymore. Feels like a bunch of mush that aggravates my achilles.
I also had this problem.
But the vaporfly is fine and a much much better shoe.
Just get the vaporfly (if you can)
Yes I went up a size it fixed it - haven't had any issues since.
What type of balega socks? Is it lightweight or the normal one?
Why are you replying to a two year old post?