Breaking in shoes (Read 908 times)

Wear double layer high tech socks, which will moderate rubbing. Limit the "problem" shoes to short distances for awhile. The rough seam will become smoother. It's a good idea to rotate two or more pair of shoes, anyway. In any event, it's very rare for the problem to arise.

I have never run a marathon. That said: I did run a 10k in a brand new pair of shoes once. Same model, make, year, etc as my old pair. They were exactly the same shoe. EXCEPT - something was wrong with the heel of the right shoe. I ran/walked the race from the 2nd mile and still finished with a VERY bloody sock. As has already been said, the odds of something like this happening are slim, but I'm living proof that it DOES happen. Honestly if your shoes have 800 miles on them and they're giving you pain, you should have replaced them LONG ago and then you wouldn't be having this problem. I guess let it be a lesson to you. The choice of course, is yours. But honestly, if you think there's any way you can finish the marathon in your old shoes w/o doing irreparable damage to yourself, run in the old shoes.