So I have noticed that I consistently need to make modifications to shoes to make them comfortable for my feet. Typically I have to cut something around the tongue. recently on my New Balance Rebels, I had to cut out a piece of the upper to keep it from severely irritating my foot.
Does anyone else have to take a pair of scissors to brand new (or even broken in) shoes to make them fit well?
Usually no but I learned in multiday races to work at my running shoes as needed.
So just keep doing what you are doing, if that keeps your feet happy.
Yep. A small slit in the upper over the ball of the foot to accommodate my wide foot on almost all of my shoes.
A friend found a guy who will attach an upper to any sole. Soy friend got the LiNing soles with Nike uppers. Shoe surgeon
I used to cut about half an inch off Nike Pegasus in the part where the shoe meets one's ankle, because it tended to dig in a bit.
On a few pairs I have had to make a relief slit down into the heel counter to keep it from causing bleeding and blisters. In one case it turned a pair of pumas that I couldn’t even run a mile in into one of my favorite all time shoes.
I've never had to modify my shoes until recently. I overpronate pretty badly, and I cant find a 'stability' trail shoes, so I have settled for trying pretty much every 'stable neutral' trail shoe or shoes that have similar components to road stability shoes I like.
Ive found that although I like the fit of Topo Mtn Rcr3s, the top of the back of the heel has two hard portions, and when I roll in badly (really noticeable on downhills and technical trails) that the hard portions will dig into the outer sides of my achilles. Ive taken a razer blade to them to smooth them out, and placed duct tape over to hopefully add back some durability. Only time will tell if its successful.
Incidentally, I had to cut loads of holes in my Rebels (V3), still ended up binning them as they still caused foot pressure/toe tendon pain. I think they were just terrible for high volume feet.
I try to buy shoes that don't need surgery, but I still often make adjustments. Typically, I will grind off some of the outsole along the outside half of the heel to the middle of the heel to give the shoe more cant to prevent my right foot pronation. I sometimes trim off the raised foam along the outside of the right shoe along the 5th metatarsal to give an old metatarsal calcium build up from an old stress fracture room to expand. Sometimes, I punch new eyelets if the existing eyelet location runs over an old bruise location.