I am signing up for a 10K road race on May 15th that I would like to do barefoot. I have not even bothered to buy any running shoes or sandals of any kind yet, even though I have been barefooting for 6 months. Unfortunately I have babied my feet by running mostly on sidewalk (mainly for the convenience of being able to step outside the apartment and go). I have started to run on bike paths where I can to test out my feet on the road and I have a reoccuring problem.
Basically I get what feels like a large blister (size of quarter but oblong) beneath my 2nd metatarsal on my left foot. I say "feels like" because the skin at that area (only my left foot) is very thick/calloused and no actual blister forms. Its like the fluid is beneath and the entire callous is raising slightly.
I am wondering what others have done to correct forefoot blistering. I am focusing on really lifting my feet up by bending my knees, but it doesnt seem to be improving. Its annoying that it only happens to the one foot, righty is ready to race
Basically I get what feels like a large blister (size of quarter but oblong) beneath my 2nd metatarsal on my left foot. I say "feels like" because the skin at that area (only my left foot) is very thick/calloused and no actual blister forms. Its like the fluid is beneath and the entire callous is raising slightly.
I am wondering what others have done to correct forefoot blistering. I am focusing on really lifting my feet up by bending my knees, but it doesnt seem to be improving. Its annoying that it only happens to the one foot, righty is ready to race