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Sep 30, 2013 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Foot Care Products, Footcare, Footwear, Footwear Products Tagged: amazon jungle marathon, blisters, foot survey, Injinji socks, jungle marathon, vicky kypta

Vicky Kypta is the Medical Team Manager for the Jungle Marathon, which starts October 6 in the Amazon in Brazil. Last year she did an informal survey of the participants and the results are interesting. The race lasts seven days and goes through the jungle on pre-existing paths, trails, and tracks with natural obstacles to pass including streams and shallow rivers. This leads to feet that are constantly wet. This is the race that I will be at in a few days. Vicky shared the results of the …

Sep 22, 2013 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Health, Sports, Travel Tagged: Amazon, badwater ultramarathon, blister prevention, blisters, death valley, Denise Jones, dry feet, lubricants, macerated feet, Marathons, Medical Team, moist feet, Moisture Control, podiatrist, Prevention Report, Professional Journals, Race Director, Race Participants, rebecca rushton, Rushton, Shirley Thompson, Skin Moisture, the amazon marathon, the jungle marathon, Vicky, vicky kypta, wet feet

Back in May I posted an article about Training With Wet Feet. My being invited to work on the medical team at the Jungle Marathons in Vietnam and the Amazon prompted the article. While the Vietnam race had to be cancelled, the Amazon race is happening – in a bit over two weeks. As I wrote in that article, it was long felt the best way to manage your feet was to keep them as dry as possible. This was more and more evident as Denise Jones and I worked the Badwater Ultramarathon in the heat of …

Sep 15, 2012 · by John · In: blister care, Foot Care, Health, Travel Tagged: 100km, Amazon Rain Forest, blisters, British Columbia Coast, Checkpoints, death valley, Dry Heat, Hammocks, Humid Conditions, jungle marathon, macerated feet, Marathon Runners, Medical Team, Prime Concern, Race Director, Shirley Thompson, Stream Crossings, trail shoes, training with wet feet, Ups And Downs, vicky kypta, Wet Conditions, wet feet, Wet Trails

I have worked a lot of events. Every one has its one set of conditions that stresses the participants’ feet. Sometimes, it’s the dry heat of Death Valley or the rainy British Columbia coast, or the ups and downs on the trails of the many trail hundreds. For years, the norm has been to avoid getting your feet wet. Wet feet often mean skin that is soft and can become macerated. In long events, and especially in multi-day events, that can lead to trouble. Taping or patching wet feet, or macerated …

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