Tying myself up...

Hi,

I have narrow feet and find that I have a huge excess of shoe lace when tying the laces on my running shoes, even after tying a double knot. I would just cut a few inches off the laces - but I'm a bit concerned that the laces would just fray and fall apart without the plastic sheaths at the end of the laces, and that I would not be able to re-thread through the holes in the shoes. Any ideas?

As a possible solution, I'm considering elastic laces (lock laces) but I'm not sure if these will offer the necessary support for running a marathon. Does anyone have experience with these? Are they suitable for long-distance running?

What do the pros use? - I've never seen an elite athlete stopping to re-tie their laces...

I have this problem, there is a way to tie laces to make it more secure i will try to find the link in a minute.

Also, although i have never done this, i just double knot them and let them hang, you could always burn the ends, i know this would work well but not sure how it would be threading them back through you hole, you might want to try this out on an old pair

Would the laces need to be nylon (or part nylon) for burning the ends to work?

What about dipping the cut ends of the laces in super-glue or candle wax? Would this work?

I don't particualrly have a problem with the laces coming undone - it is more just that I have a lot of surplus lace left which flaps around (and when running in the wet this can really whip into the other leg).

I fixed a pair where the plastic end bits came off by sticking a piece of sellotape round the end - not wonderful as it cam eoff gradually as the shoes got wet, but better than nothing. I did have another idea of dripping was onto the ends but it wasn't solid enough to thread them.

i've used rubber & eleastic laces with no issues.... over marathon distance too.