Zatopek Posted November 5, 2019 Share Black/blue toenails after tri only running? (I ask the question here, because I only experience it after long triathlons) Over the last 13 months:I did 3 (flat running) 70.3's - every time toenails turn black slowly during the week after the event One (hilly) 21km running event a couple of months back. No pain/colourCan do 12km training run without a thought of this problem. Notes:My shoes have ample space in front of my toe - to a point where I cannot see how it would touch the front of the shoe.I used thin socks last weekI went for a pedicure ( ) two days before the event to make sure nails are short and smooth on the surface to reduce frictionI made sure that I tie my shoes properly tight in T2 to leave space at the front. So what might be causing this? / anybody else have the same experience? Why would the distance between a 12km run and 21km make such a difference? Things that I consider:The fact that my shoes get soaked with all the cool down water & ice I useMy running style change when very tiredMy wife thinks my feet gets swollen after so many hours. (hmm, it would need to increase 5mm as a min?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roguemeister Posted November 5, 2019 Share Is it all your toenails or only certain ones? All toes versus only big toe/only little toe can give some insight Also Probably not, but have you considered it may be your cycling shoes and not your running shoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted November 5, 2019 Share Could well be that the shoes are actually too big and your foot is sliding forward out of the heel box and banging the toe, hence the black toenail. Similarly if not laced up tight enough. This happen with one particular shoe or with different shoes as well? Edited November 5, 2019 by shaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatopek Posted November 5, 2019 Share Is it all your toenails or only certain ones? All toes versus only big toe/only little toe can give some insight Also Probably not, but have you considered it may be your cycling shoes and not your running shoes? It was always only the big toes. Until this time - one other toe, next to the big one my left foot is also blue. I did consider the cycling shoes - but I changed cycling shoes a couple of months before the last event. It also never happen on long rides. Could well be that the shoes are actually too big and your foot is sliding forward out of the heel box and banging the toe, hence the black toenail. Similarly if not laced up tight enough. This happen with one particular shoe or with different shoes as well? I only used one shoe up to now - New Balance 1260v6 Last week I made sure in T2 that I push my feet back in the heel box and laced it tight. Still good point about being to big.... I'm at a point where I'm looking to replace the shoes due to mileage and was thinking to go half a size up. Might be a mistake Good point by you - I will rather go to a really nice retired uncle (The Chinese here "oom & tannie" also ) working in his son's running shop and ask him to review my lacing and space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted November 5, 2019 Share With regard to lacing, try the runners loop as indicated in first part of video. Will keep your heel in place and stop sliding forward. Will help with stopping stubbing big toe and going black. There a few other lacing techniques that can be considered. Zatopek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted November 15, 2019 Share A Boulder woman essentially did 20 Ironman Triathlons in 26 days, beating a world record by 9 hours https://theknow.denverpost.com/2019/11/11/laura-knoblach-world-record-double-deca-ultra-traithlon/228267/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted November 17, 2019 Share some last minute instructions from the coach before today's sprint tri edit: always listen to the "coach" [emoji12] Edited November 17, 2019 by fanievb IceCreamMan, jdwet1980, @ndy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted November 20, 2019 Share www.zsports.co.za/ultratri Cheap middle distance in PE 2020. Been forwarded this by a friend so have no idea on any other aspects of it. Edited November 20, 2019 by IceCreamMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted November 20, 2019 Share some last minute instructions from the coach before today's sprint tri edit: always listen to the "coach" [emoji12] Need to work on your transitions, way too much time spent for a sprint distance. Edited November 20, 2019 by shaper fanievb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted November 20, 2019 Share Need to work on your transitions, way too much time spent for a sprint distance. T1 is quite a run from the water to transition area (same as 70.3 EL) T2 was a F-up, dwis racked next to me chucked his wetsuit over my stuff resulting in me running around like a headless chicken trying to find it. T2 for my previous tri was 01:11 so I lost about 2 min looking for my shoes @ndy and shaper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatopek Posted November 25, 2019 Share 24 Nov there is a 1.8/50/12 event that I entered. Will try to recover some self confidence there. Happy days / the mojo is back It was the Laguna Phuket Tri. What made this interesting are:A two water-body swim. 1.3km ocean, then run over a sand dune/mountain and a last straight 500m sprint in a freshwater lagoon.Really liked the bike route. Only about 15-20km in total where I could go on the tri-bars - the rest was loaded with corners, nice flowing s-bends and 3 really steep climbs (like 19% - people got off and walk) Loved it. Running started good and were already thinking that I have it one the day, but still small niggles - massive stitch/cramp below my right lung km 2 to 3, which I did not had in years. Then pulled something small in my calve at 4km - this is something that I had issues with before but thought i sorted that out with better technique. No harm, will sort those out. Edited November 25, 2019 by Zatopek fanievb, amr63, reteid and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted December 2, 2019 Share Glad am not racing in the relay this weekend, might be a bit difficult to be competitive 1. SIR MO FARAH (Runner):Sir Mo Farah, CBE, is a multiple Olympic, World and European champion – the UK's greatest ever athlete.2. Mark Cavendish (Bike): Sprint star, Mark Cavendish MBE, Also known as “Manx Missile”, is a double Madison World Champion and Commonwealth Games gold medalist on the track.3. CHLOE McCARDEL (Swimmer): International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Known for solo crossings of the English Channel and world record longest open water ocean swim. Am looking forward to a flat and fast race though IceCreamMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted December 2, 2019 Share Glad am not racing in the relay this weekend, might be a bit difficult to be competitive 1. SIR MO FARAH (Runner):Sir Mo Farah, CBE, is a multiple Olympic, World and European champion – the UK's greatest ever athlete. 2. Mark Cavendish (Bike): Sprint star, Mark Cavendish MBE, Also known as “Manx Missile”, is a double Madison World Champion and Commonwealth Games gold medalist on the track. 3. CHLOE McCARDEL (Swimmer): International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Known for solo crossings of the English Channel and world record longest open water ocean swim. Am looking forward to a flat and fast race though If you do the swim or run leg yes.... shaper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted December 2, 2019 Share If you do the swim or run leg yes.... Will stick to my race plan in the main event ... and watch out if Cav is in crash mode! Edited December 2, 2019 by shaper Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted December 2, 2019 Share In other news, blistering race by AB at the weekend Having now qualified early for Kona, he is supposedly now focusing on the Olympics 2020 in Tokyo IceCreamMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted December 9, 2019 Share Back from racing Ironman 70.3 Bahrain Middle East Championship. What an awesome and fast race (even if Bahrain is twice the price of everything here) still a worthwhile experience! Edited December 9, 2019 by shaper fanievb, IceCreamMan and Zatopek 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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