Surgical spirit has been mentioned to harden feet up - that it certainly does, I know of a guy who hardened his heals up too much and after a long day out in boots pulled his socks off and several layers of skin all came off in a oner from his heel. A nice heel print in skin !
I would suggest plenty of room in your shoes and vaseline your toes and heels.
Paul C.
... continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
Does anyone use a pumice stone on their feet? Or should I just leave old thickened skin where it is?
Andy Robinson
Runfurther committee member
Helsby Running Club
Maybe I should invest in an industrial sander!
Yes, file it off. I use vaseline for races although have been using that bodyglide recently and seems ok. But I rarely get blister nowadays (probably get one on saturday at 3 peaks now I've said that!) so hard to say. But not vaseline in desert / sandy conditions. In the MDS I used johnsons baby powder. I had no blisters my second MDS - which is unusual. (My feet were macerated on my first MDS which was a painful lesson)
Lanisoh cream works well for me on any potential or starting hotspots.
A pedi egg, larger shoes, lanisoh cream/ vaseline or baby powder (should I feel the need to run across any deserts!) Excellent, thank you everyone.
to get tough supple skin on hands its a case of sanding off hard bits and i use stuff called climb on at night to help repair the worn skin. im sure it would work on feet. also just get out on your feet for as long as possible so they get used to it.
dont know where im going, dont know where ive been, all im doing is running, running to have fun.