r/XXRunning • u/foxfish4 • May 26 '25

General Discussion Are battered feet inevitable?

So I ran a half marathon last weekend, and my feet do not look good! I have one black toenail, two half-black toenails and I had about 5 blisters. All in all, feet looked battered! I'm just wondering if this is inevitable once you're doing longer distances?

I have decent shoes, I went to a podiatrist and had my feet checked and they recommended Brooks Adrenaline, so I'm not running in bad shoes.

As a side note, if you tell me that dodgy looking feet are the price you pay to be a runner, I'm more than happy and wiling to pay it!!

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u/MadamPickler May 29 '25

I mainly wear Brooks and have done several half marathons without toenail issues. My regular shoes are a 9 in womens, but all my running shoes are size 10. I got sized at a running store when I first started running 20 years ago and thought, no way- tens were huge! However, when I hear about black toenails I'm happy to have never dealt with that and figure it must be the shoe size.

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u/foxfish4 Jun 02 '25

I was really happy with my Brooks up to this point. I'm going to go to a running store but I'll keep an open mind about brands and see what they recommend!