top of foot pain.. tying laces too tight?? help

I had a similar problem earlier this winter. I also was wearing thin tongued shoes and determined that the pain on the top of my feet was from the pressure of the laces. I didn't change my shoes since I really liked the feel of them otherwise. What I did was create a pad for the top of each foot that I would tape onto my socks with athletic tape each time I wore these thin-tongued shoes. I created these pads from the thick elastic portion of a pair of old socks. While wearing these pads I continued to ice the top of my feet after runs. I never took any time off from running and the pain just went away after a few weeks. I continue to wear these pads whenever I wear those shoes. Good luck.

Find the thread about Lydiard lacing and bring it up. It will link you to a site from the midwest and Lydiard's '99 tour. It shows how to tie to minimize top of foot pressure.

make sure that your shoes are not too narrow. That was the reason why I had problems

Many times the laces will pinch nerves or tendons in the foot to cause such pain. You can lace around them to ease the pressure. New Balance actually has an example of this on their website:

http://www.newbalance.com/productbrowser/performance/lacing_for_a_better_fit.html?sport=Running&gender=&product_type=&feature=

Click on "pain on the top of the feet"

sweet.. thanks yea that should do the trick

it's probably your calves are to tight. Just stretch a lot.