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[Dogz]

I recently bought a pair of brooks adrenaline GTS’s in the shop the shoe felt good but after about 5x5k I got blisters on the front arches just behind the front balls of my feet.

Just getting back into running after a long while I started to read about different types of shoes like stability control and cushioning and thought I may have the wrong type for me. The only comparison I have to a pair of old Nike Air running shoes which I find fit better around the nose area and hold my heal tight.

The main problem I found with most shoe is I have two major problems. I either get heal slip or there is too much room in the nose area and I tend to curl my toes (mainly with Asics)

Any one got any suggestion…it seems like a strange place to get blisters

do you think its the shoes or do I need to break them in?

[blkbox]

There are a number of things you could try, the simplest being altering the way you lace up your shoes - there are a number of threads on here that have addressed this. Secondly try rubbing some vasoline on your feet before putting your socks on. Alternatively try a different brand of socks - I find x-socks to be the best or Thorlos, which are available in different thicknesses.

[DuncanTheIncredibleDivingHorse]

I think some shoes need breaking in, particularly heavier training shoes (i.e. not racing flats). If you did 5x5k in them straight away, that might be your answer. They might feel a lot better after 50 or 100k have been put on them.

[Also Ran]

I got blisters there too with new shoes. I trimmed the part of the inner sole where it was rubbing. No more blisters.

[Sarge]

I got blisters from a new pair of Kayanos, they were my third or fourth pair of this series. The blister was in exactly the same place as you. I put sticking plaster on the area before running and after about a hundred k's the problem went away. Seems as though they just needed to be broken in.

[FakePlasticTrees]

I got blisters in the same place as your blister but from a set of orthotics. Then after removing the orthotics the blister was made worse when running in a shoe I'd done a couple of hundred ks in. Blisters suck.

[cat_night]

that's the usual place I get blisters. I've had adrenalines for a few years now. firstly, getting a narrow width shoe helped greatly, (cause before any run over 5k caused them), now it doesn't happen once i've broken a new pair in, and not in the process if I do it properly.

as I break it in, i tighten the laces at the bottom of the shoe, helps keep it snug & prevent rubbing. but keep it loose at the top. if you go too tight too soon you will get numb toes. as you wear it in you stretch the shoe & squish the insole to your foot shape, so you will have to readjust the laces a few times. start with shorter runs in the shoes, and up the distance as you break them in.

and don't wear loose socks that could bunch under your foot as you run, a surefire blister starter! (learnt the hard way. ouch.)