Shoelaces
I went to the store day and had a full gait analysis and was fitted with a shiny new pair of ASICS GT-2000s. However, when I went to tie up the laces I was stopped and shown a different way to do it. Now, I was never taught at school that there was more than one way to tie your laces – there was just the old “loop and swoop”.
Apparently I have been misinformed and there is... another way.
Having always gone for standard tying, I've sometimes found that this puts a bit of pressure on the top of my foot over a longer run, even to the point of leaving it red and sore and I've often also had to stop many times to re-tie my laces after them coming undone on longer runs.
So, this new way solves both my problems - it takes the pressure from the top of the foot and distributes it more evenly round the sides and is also a lot more secure - win-win!
So how do you do this?
First, take a look at your running shoe. See that second hole at the top of the shoe behind the one the lace comes out of? Nope, that's not just there for show...
Grab a lace and loop it back through that second hole:
Then do the same with the other, and pull them until the loops are fairly small:
Next, cross the laces over and pass the left lace through the right loop from the bottom and the right lace through the left loop:
Then hold both laces in your hands and pull one side tight, then the other then pull both tight together:
Then tie your laces as normal, but loop the lace twice to start with:
Pull that tight, then finish tying the laces as normal...
Using the second hole to create the 'runners loops' means that the sides of the shoes are pulled round and this reduces the pressure on the top of the foot, spreading it round the sides of the shoes...
Simple eh?
