I use surgical sprit on my feet, applying it liberally with cotton wool, approx twice a week.
Whether it does anything to the skin to prevent blisters, i'm not 100% sure, but it certainly cleans out any little cuts etc, and i practically never suffer with blisters unless breaking in the odd new pair of trainers, or if i get a stone lodged in my shoe mid-race.
Short walk today, with a Compeed plaster on my heel, but not Walshes (I chose a route where I could just about step around the worst of the mud). Everything felt fine.Originally Posted by Mike T
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
A run that was somewhat longer than intended (see my post on the Today's Training thread), wearing Walshes; so not very sensible in the circumstances. Some soreness under the Compeed plaster (which I haven't removed), but it would have been a lot worse without the plaster. So thank you for the advice, Mike T.
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
Glad it helped. Compeed is good stuff, but not for prevention nor intact nor "popped" blisters - it is only for de-roofed blisters, or other superficial injuries when there is no skin to be pulled off when it is removed. I have used it with success on a palm injury after a fall.
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