Toenail Care For Athletes
Today’s post is contributed by Gwen Lewis. Athletes are prone to a number of injuries; torn or sprained ligaments and muscles, bruises, and broken bones. More common, irritating, unsightly and often embarrassing afflictions are situations such as athletes foot and toenail and toe-bed injuries. Athletes foot is a fungal infection that affects the areas between […]
Foot Care Tips That Can Save Your Race
Here are a few foot care tips I wrote to help runners at the Amazon Jungle Marathon. I’ll be there in a few weeks to help with foot care on the medical team. The tips are valuable for anyone doing a 24 hour race, a multi-day event, an adventure race, or a long backpack. Remember, your […]
Common Toenail Question
I get questions by email all the time. Toenail questions are quite common, so I thought I’d post this one. Here’s the question. “I am emailing you because I have a 50K trail race this Saturday and for some reason I am just starting to get pressure from under my large toenail. It is in its […]
Toenails – Again #@!$#@
A month ago I provided foot care at the Western States 100. Then two weeks ago I worked the Tahoe Rim Trail 55KM, 50M, and 100M. And finally this week I worked Badwater in Death Valley. As much as I hate to say it, I saw a negative common denominator as I worked on or […]
Foot Care Preparation for Primal Quest – or Your Next Event
The seven tips below are written for the Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race starting next week. They are also applicable to any race you may have coming up. Primal Quest is less than two weeks away and here are seven things you can do to improve your chances of finishing with healthy feet. 1. Wear […]
8 Top Tips for Foot Care
If you are a subscriber to Backpacker magazine, check out the October issue, page 34 for a full page of eight top tips to care for your feet. I have included an image of the page in this post. If you click on the image, you’ll get a larger view. I was contacted by Backpacker several months ago […]
12 Foot Care Tips for Success at 100’s
Next week is the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run and all the fun and hoopla that goes with it. I ran the race from 1985 – 1989 with a best time of 24:32. It was a challenge but I had fun every year. Ever since then I have been associated with the run in […]
Bad Toenails at Western States
I’m taking another opportunity to share a few pictures from the Western States 100 two weeks ago. The pictures were taken at the finish line. They are important because it’s very hard to get runners to learn how to manage their toenails. Maybe the two pictures will help. The first picture is taken looking down […]
What Were You Thinking?
Last week was the Western States 100 Mile Endurance Race. Two days before the start, Tonya Olson and I gave a presentation to the runners about foot care preparation and foot care during the race. At least we gave it to those who stuck around after three other talks. Among other things, we stressed the […]