This post came about because of a Backpacker magazine article about skills. One of the items was about endurance and was for, “Blistered feet during a high-mileage trek.” The tip was to, “… protect against hot spots by applying a skin lubricant like Vaseline to high-friction areas…” I’m sorry, but I think Vaseline is a bad choice. When I ran my first ultra, back around 1982, there was not a huge choice in lubricants so Vaseline was commonly used. But I learned very quickly that its stickiness …
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