Can feet shrink with age/mileage?

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11 years ago 12/10/2012 8:00pm EST

I'm 25, running 50 miles per week for the last year, no injuries or interruptions. In 2009 I ran 60-80 miles per week, around 100 for a month in the summer of 2010 and 50-70 throughout 2011.

2003-2011 I was size 12 in everything. In early 2012 I sized down to 11.5 in trainers but kept 12s in flats and spikes. Now I'm 11.5 in everything and got my first-ever pair of narrow width trainers this week in 11.5 B. In Brooks PureFlow2 I can even wear an 11 comfortably.

I've noticed my casual shoes size shrink too. In dress shoes I can now wear 11 when before I wore 11.5 for years. I even have a pair of western boots (I'm from Texas) in 10.5!

Question stands: can feet shrink with age or mileage? I'm not logging very high mileage but I run 6-7 days a week, every week.

11 years ago 12/10/2012 8:06pm EST

re: Lemon Harangue

Have your cankles shrunk, too? Suppose if you lost weight your feet could shrink. Mine did just the opposite in the first few years of running, and I went up 1/2-1 size in most shoes.

11 years ago 12/10/2012 8:28pm EST

re: Bought the shirt

I'm 6ft, 165 pounds, so no.

11 years ago 12/10/2012 8:28pm EST

re: Bought the shirt

seems like the pounding would cause them to enlarge? im sure the bones would likely enlarge...

11 years ago 12/10/2012 8:32pm EST

re: Lemon Harangue

Not sure where I read it, but, yeah, I've heard that. It's because the exercise strengthens your arches which become more pronounced, thus shrinking the length of your foot by half a size or so. But you have to have pretty flat arches to begin with.

Lemon Harangue wrote:
I'm 25, running 50 miles per week for the last year, no injuries or interruptions. In 2009 I ran 60-80 miles per week, around 100 for a month in the summer of 2010 and 50-70 throughout 2011.
2003-2011 I was size 12 in everything. In early 2012 I sized down to 11.5 in trainers but kept 12s in flats and spikes. Now I'm 11.5 in everything and got my first-ever pair of narrow width trainers this week in 11.5 B. In Brooks PureFlow2 I can even wear an 11 comfortably.
I've noticed my casual shoes size shrink too. In dress shoes I can now wear 11 when before I wore 11.5 for years. I even have a pair of western boots (I'm from Texas) in 10.5!
Question stands: can feet shrink with age or mileage? I'm not logging very high mileage but I run 6-7 days a week, every week.

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