Would you race or do workouts in a sock that was thin enough to wear with spikes or flats? Personally, I go sockless, but do we really have to choose between being crammed into spikes with socks that are too thick or just risk getting blistered from going sockless? Would you guys wear a sock that was so thin that you couldn't even feel it when wearing spikes?
I don't really get blisters in spikes. Some people get terrible ones. I can never figure out why! I get blisters if I run in regular shoes without socks, but never my spikes (well I have once or twice). Nike makes some decent super-thin socks that I wear with flats.
This is like medium sized guys at the gym who can bench 250 wearing weight lifting gloves. If you are that level of serious, don't be a pussy, and deal with the discomfort.
Very few people actually get blisters bad enough to interfere with training, so just man up.
for me it depends on the spikes whether i wear socks or not. last year during xc i had some waffles and i always wore socks unless the course was wet or something, but for track i got the matumbos and i definitely wouldn't wear any socks with those.
and there probably are really thin socks like you're talking about if you look around for them.
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This is like medium sized guys at the gym who can bench 250 wearing weight lifting gloves. If you are that level of serious, don't be a pussy, and deal with the discomfort.
Very few people actually get blisters bad enough to interfere with training, so just man up.
When you are at that level, a blister halfway through a serious race can influence how you finish. There's nothing "manly" about a problem that could easily be fixed, that's just stupidity. I'm obviously "serious" enough to be thinking about the little things that make me better.
BTW, I'm sure you make an excellent "Father" for your kids to look up to ;)
False choice. I don't wear socks with my spikes and I don't risk getting blisters. You should try the same.
asdfasdfsa wrote:
Some people get terrible ones. I can never figure out why!
I would guess that they are wearing spikes that don't fit.
Just Run Baby (or go back to DyeStat)
WTF difference does it make? You think anyone cares if you wear socks or not and can't finish in the top 100 at NCAAs? You think socks will slow you down?
Wow! You're all so fast and hard-asses! I hope you feel better about yourselves after telling him off! What was that guy thinking? Asking if you wear socks with spikes or not! What a pussy! He said that he didn't wear socks anyway, so you guys have no point at all.
I finished Top 100 in NCAA's BTW and if there were socks that were thin enough I would wear them, but I have yet to find any.
I have some lovely scars from not wearing socks with my spikes and still go sock-less.
upmonk wrote:
I have some lovely scars from not wearing socks with my spikes and still go sock-less.
What a Badass!
I currently have a blister from running mile repeats in socks and trainers on a track. I also sometimes get blisters when wearing socks and spikes. Does anybody else get worse blisters when it's hot on the track? This seems to happen to me.
I don't whether to wear socks or not. It's my first competition wearing spikes. I am doing the 75m hurdles, 800m and javelin or long jump.
As long as a shoe fits well and doesn't have any rough seams or protrusions on the inside, I think putting Bodyglide and/or Vaseline on my feet is more important than socks.