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Apr 17, 2017 · by John · In: Foot Care, Footcare, Health, Sports Tagged: conditioning your feet, Fixing Your Feet, Foot Care, Footcare, Miles on your feet, training miles

I have worked medical and provided foot care at hundreds of ultramarathons, adventure races, walks, and multiday races and have seen the same thing over and over—runners who do not have a good training base. Of course there is not a set number of miles you need to run to do well at a race. Conditions vary. Some may get by with minimal miles a week, others run over 100 miles or even over 150 miles a week as they ram up for a big event. By and large though, the runners with more miles on their …

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Jan 18, 2017 · by John · In: Books, Foot Care, Footcare, Health, Sports Tagged: Fixing Your Feet, Gear Junkie, spartan race

It’s three weeks into 2017 and many people have given up on their New Year’s resolutions. Other people never made any resolutions. Whether you did or not, I want to challenge you to do something new and fun in 2017. So what will you do? Start where you are today and then decide on what you could do as a stretch goal. If you do 10Ks, how about a marathon? If you run marathons, stretch yourself to a 50-mile or a 100K. If you’ve done 50 miles, aim for a 100 miler or a 24-hour run. If you have …

Jul 24, 2016 · by John · In: blister care, Books, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear, Footwear Products, Health, Sports Tagged: extreme foot care, Fixing Your Feet, fixing your feet 6th edition, Foot Care

After 14 months of revising and updating, editing and then editing again, and issues with the cover, the 6th edition of Fixing Your Feet is available. While it has been available for pre-order in Amazon, they now have the print version in stock and ready to ship. Amazon currently has the 6th edition priced at $13.64, well below the retail price of $19.95 – a great buy. Here’s a link if you want to order a copy. The Kindle ebook version will be released in about two weeks. As I meet runners …

May 28, 2016 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Footcare, Health Tagged: ball of foot blisters, blister care, Fixing Your Feet, foot blister care

Today’s post is a thru-hiker's story about her experiences with her feet. It’s one that make you grimace when you hear the details and see the pictures. I share the story because there are lessons to be learned. Here's her story. "This past April, I started the Pacific Crest Trail intending to thru-hike northern-bound to the Oregon/Washington border. I’m an experienced long distance thru-hiker and frequently hike 20-25 miles without issue. "Rarely do I get blisters, and I have no …

Apr 22, 2016 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Health, Sports Tagged: Fixing Your Feet, Foot Care, mandatory gear, patching your feet, self-assisted foot care

Providing foot care for athletes at ultramarathons and multi-day events is a huge responsibility. Their feet are what keep them going, and if you are known for providing foot care, the athletes will be appreciative of whatever you can do. If you are simply helping one runner, you might be a bit more casual. But if you will be part of a foot-care team, you need to be prepared. In 2015 race directors of several multi-day ultramarathons in Europe were overwhelmed by shear volume of runners seeking …

Apr 9, 2016 · by John · In: blister care, Books, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear Products Tagged: Fixing Your Feet, fixing your feet 6th edition, foot care for athletes

This summer will see the release of the 6th edition of Fixing Your Feet: Injury Prevention and Treatment for Athletes. The exact date is still up in the air, but I’d expect it sometime in late July or early August. The 5th edition was released in February 2011 and it was due for an update. Nothing in foot care remains static. New products and techniques are constantly being identied. The new edition will be fully updated with new material, websites, new foot care products and product …

Dec 24, 2015 · by John · In: Health Tagged: Fixing Your Feet

Feet are a big part of my life. For the past 19 years, Fixing Your Feet has introduced me to great people. I have enjoyed helping runners at events like Western States; Badwater in Death Valley; Primal Quest in Colorado, California and Washington; Raid the North Extreme in BC Canada; the TransRockies in Colorado; Racing the Planet Atacama in Chile; the Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica; the Avon Walk; the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk; The Amazon Jungle Marathon, and others. In all these …

Jun 19, 2014 · by John · In: Foot Care, Footcare, toenails Tagged: Fixing Your Feet, Foot Care, gabriella boston, runner's feet, the washington post

Several weeks ago I was interviewed by Gabriella Boston, a reporter for The Washington Post. She emailed me asking whether I was available and when could we talk. When she called we talked for about an hour. She asked all kinds of questions about foot care based on my experiences for runners. The article came out on the 17th and is worth reading. The title is How Runners Can Keep Their Feet Happy. Sections include, run training, proper footwear, cross training, and foot care. Gabriella …

Jan 17, 2014 · by John · In: blister care, Books, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear, Footwear Products, Health, Sports Tagged: Fixing Your Feet, Foot Care, ultrarunning

I love reading the unsolicited email and testimonials from athletes who have discovered Fixing Your Feet. They help motivate me to keep going. Here are two. The first is a simple sentence. The second is a personal story I received last week. Thanks everyone who has passed along their story. I'm pretty sure Fixing Your Feet has saved most of us at one point. ~ an email from Deb Bosilevac. Then Billy Pearce (husband, father of 3 boys, nurse and ultrarunner) shared his story: My many years of …

Dec 6, 2012 · by John · In: Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footwear Products Tagged: Barefoot Style, Better Time, blisters, blistershield powder, Christmas Gifts, Christmas Ideas, Drying Solutions, Drymax socks, engo, Favorite Things, Fiber Technology, First Aid Kit, Fixing Your Feet, Foot Care, Injinji socks, insoles, Jock Itch, kinesio-tex tape, leukotape, lubricant, Micro Fiber, natural running, Skin Care Product, Skin Conditions, Skin Rash, sportslick, stuffitts, Support Athletes, toenails, Toesocks, zombierunner

What better time of the year to pamper your feet than Christmas. Our feet are encased in heavy socks and footwear. We take them for granted. Here’s a look at my favorite things for your feet this year. My suggestion is to check out these items at Zombierunner.com. Don and Gillian support athletes with great service. You can click on their link and at their website, click on Foot Care or any other items. Zombierunner has everyone of these items, except a callus file. Engo Footwear Patches – …

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