Marching On...

[rocknrollgirl]

No worries Emily, glad to help if you need and and glad you have products in Mexico for your blisters.

So remember back the other day when I posted we got priced out of our local trail 10k? Well we had a snow storm yesterday into last night that dumped about 4-5 inches of heavy, wet, slushy snow. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thankful now that we got priced out. Don't get me wrong, I love snow running, but I am not sure this stuff even qualifies as snow.

Things sometimes happen for a reason

[emily_in_nc]

No worries Emily, glad to help if you need and and glad you have products in Mexico for your blisters.

So remember back the other day when I posted we got priced out of our local trail 10k? Well we had a snow storm yesterday into last night that dumped about 4-5 inches of heavy, wet, slushy snow. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thankful now that we got priced out. Don't get me wrong, I love snow running, but I am not sure this stuff even qualifies as snow.

Things sometimes happen for a reason

Yes they do! Sounds like things worked out for the best after all.

Crankin, I found the Teko socks you recommended on Amazon and have put a couple of pairs on my wish list. They look great, and the company sounds very eco-conscious, which I love. Love too that they don't have toe seams since that's an area that has been causing me problems. Will definitely be ordering a couple pair to try. We always have a lot of amazon stuff waiting for us when we descend on my mother in NC. That will be happening on May 1!

[Crankin]

Well, I have been very happy with the Teko socks. I wear the really light and low cut ones for the gym and when I was running outside. I bought a couple of pairs of slightly heavier ones, to wear running in the cold weather, but I found they weren't really warm enough for the real cold and I ended up wearing my x country ski socks, that are thin, but high up. They did work for the fall, though. My feet are extremely sensitive to even a hint of thickness in socks; they feel like they are being squeezed. I can't really wear any cycling socks except super thin wool ones, now.

[OakLeaf]

Emily, I hope the Teko socks work for you, but I'm a little confused by what you said about the seams. All my socks (other than toe socks), including my Tekos, have the same seam arrangement - a straight seam across the backs of the toes, and "darts" on the sides. Which ones are causing you trouble?

[emily_in_nc]

Emily, I hope the Teko socks work for you, but I'm a little confused by what you said about the seams. All my socks (other than toe socks), including my Tekos, have the same seam arrangement - a straight seam across the backs of the toes, and "darts" on the sides. Which ones are causing you trouble?

Emily, I hope the Teko socks work for you, but I'm a little confused by what you said about the seams. All my socks (other than toe socks), including my Tekos, have the same seam arrangement - a straight seam across the backs of the toes, and "darts" on the sides. Which ones are causing you trouble?

All of my socks (New Balance, Smartwick and Peds) seem to be irritating either the side of my big toe or side of my pinky toe because we walk SO much here, being car-free, in addition to my runs. The problems occur where the inside seams hit the sides of my toe. Tekos claim to have seamless toes (http://tekoforlife.com/pages/teko-faqs). This would be a big plus for me as well as their EVAPOR8 blend (from recycled poly!) for the hot/humid climate I'm in here.

I'm confused, though, since you say you have Tekos and they have toe seams. Maybe we're talking and thinking about two different things??

[OakLeaf]

Maybe we're talking and thinking about two different things??

Definitely possible. When I see a place where two ends of fabric are joined I call it a seam, but maybe if it's knitted together it's actually called something else. I won't have a chance to post pictures until this evening.

[emily_in_nc]

Definitely possible. When I see a place where two ends of fabric are joined I call it a seam, but maybe if it's knitted together it's actually called something else. I won't have a chance to post pictures until this evening.

Yes, I'm wondering if the fact that the "seam" appears to be knitted and flat rather than sewn from pieces of material forming a bulky "inside" seam is the difference. The socks I have that bother me most, my New Balance, have a bulky seam that hits the side of my toe when I walk/run and eventually starts rubbing and causes a blister to form if I keep going. The "diabetic" socks I bought have a bulky seam on the outside, so no rubbing of my toes. I guess I could just turn the offending socks inside out!