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2008-08-20 9:45 AM

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Subject: Give me your best blister prevention for a wet run

Now I am not trying to spread rumors, jinx, or imply that I know anything about the weather for IMKY, but trying to pack everything that I might need. 

I need some ideas on blister prevention techniques that have worked for you when your feet get wet.

Steve

2008-08-20 10:01 AM
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Subject: RE: Give me your best blister prevention for a wet run
Bodyglide...heels, between toes, on toes, balls of your feet, EVERYWHERE.
2008-08-20 10:03 AM
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Vaseline
2008-08-20 10:06 AM
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Rogillio - 2008-08-20 10:03 AM Vaseline

x2

It's got more staying power than Bodyglide.  Remember this will be your longest run of the year.  In T2 I put some vaseline on the spots I had gotten blisters over the course of the summer.  Worked like a charm, feet felt great at mile 140.6.

2008-08-20 12:28 PM
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PeterAK - 2008-08-20 8:06 AM

Rogillio - 2008-08-20 10:03 AM Vaseline

x2

It's got more staying power than Bodyglide. Remember this will be your longest run of the year. In T2 I put some vaseline on the spots I had gotten blisters over the course of the summer. Worked like a charm, feet felt great at mile 140.6.



x3 I have used Vaseline for all of my running in both IMs and it works like a charm
2008-08-20 1:54 PM
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Smartwool socks. 

 I've run two marathons in the rain with them and they were great.  First one I used bodyglide on my toes too - I got one small blister but I didn't notice it until I got home.  2nd one was part of an IM, just the socks, no bodyglide or vaseline and no blisters at all.

2008-08-20 2:16 PM
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2008-08-20 3:04 PM
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Subject: RE: Give me your best blister prevention for a wet run

Hydro-Pel

You cannot blister w/this on

Used by Ultra Runners World Wide

google it

2008-08-20 3:40 PM
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Subject: RE: Give me your best blister prevention for a wet run

Nike Elite Running Socks.

Road tested through 5.5 hours of rain in Lake Placid.  Didn't get one single blister.

2008-08-20 4:11 PM
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Subject: RE: Give me your best blister prevention for a wet run
drewb8 - 2008-08-20 1:54 PM

Smartwool socks.

I've run two marathons in the rain with them and they were great. First one I used bodyglide on my toes too - I got one small blister but I didn't notice it until I got home. 2nd one was part of an IM, just the socks, no bodyglide or vaseline and no blisters at all.

Listen to Drew, he is wise.

I've tried most of the other stuff here, but this one is the only one that has really worked.

I raced a HIM earlier this year, in a torrential downpour, where I literally had to pour water out of my shoes in T2 before starting the run.  Smartwool socks kept my feet blister free.  No other sock that I've tried works as well. 

2008-08-20 4:17 PM
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If you don't wear socks (Hydro-Pel)

I don't chime in that often, and when I do, I am always correct.

Trust me on this one.

2008-08-20 6:14 PM
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Subject: RE: Give me your best blister prevention for a wet run
cdf26.2 - 2008-08-20 12:40 PM

Nike Elite Running Socks.

Road tested through 5.5 hours of rain in Lake Placid.  Didn't get one single blister.



These worked well for me at Lake Placid as well. I did get some blisters on the top of my toes during the bike (no socks), but nothing in the run. I was surprised since I had blister problems during every medium long to long run leading up to the race. This was my first time using these socks for a long run and I really liked them.

BTW the smart wool socks that some people swear by have never worked for me on the run. I do like them for cycling in the rain though.

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2008-08-21 12:07 PM
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Does Aquaphor work better or worse than just plain old Vaseline?
2008-08-21 12:31 PM
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Subject: RE: Give me your best blister prevention for a wet run

Body Glide...I did my toes and balls of my feet. I was surprised that at Lake Placid I got not one blister on my run with 5+ hours of it in the rain and the end feet were still wet. My feet were soaked leaving changing tent as we had a small pond 3-4" deep at exit with no way to avoid it and stayed wet the whole time.

 

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