splitting nails

Brian <[email hidden]> wrote in
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I run about 25-27 mpw, and for the last few months have

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mostly on asphalt and some concrete and weight 167. Is
this likely to be from the shoes?

Yes, but not necessarily the brand. Probably the size/fit is
incorrect.

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run about 25-27 mpw, and for the last few months have been having

the nails on my big toes split and tear off. I saw my doctor and he
suggested trying different shoes. I've been wearing NB 765's and
Brooks Adrelanines. I run mostly on asphalt and some concrete and
weight 167. Is this likely to be from the shoes?>

No, it's from scratching your [censored] too much. OF COURSE IT'S YOUR SHOES
MORON!

Brian said:

I run about 25-27 mpw, and for the last few months have been having
the nails on my big toes split and tear off. I saw my doctor and he
suggested trying different shoes. I've been wearing NB 765's and
Brooks Adrelanines. I run mostly on asphalt and some concrete and
weight 167. Is this likely to be from the shoes?

I'm trying to ramp up my mileage to get ready for a marathon in
December and don't want this to get worse.
Thanks,
Brian

Your shoes are probably too small, and quite possibly way too small.
Consider a larger shoe, either a half size or even a full size larger
than whatever you're doing.

If you can get to a specialty running shoe store, get the staff to
fit you for a shoe.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

It's not the shoes Einstein....... it's the jogging. It's like a
cigarette smoker who gets a lung tumor, and just can't help but wonder
if the ink on the cigarette packs may have caused it.

Try biotin.

Donovan Rebbechi <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Brian said:

I run about 25-27 mpw, and for the last few months have been having
the nails on my big toes split and tear off. I saw my doctor and he
suggested trying different shoes. I've been wearing NB 765's and
Brooks Adrelanines. I run mostly on asphalt and some concrete and
weight 167. Is this likely to be from the shoes?

I'm trying to ramp up my mileage to get ready for a marathon in
December and don't want this to get worse.
Thanks,
Brian

Your shoes are probably too small, and quite possibly way too small.
Consider a larger shoe, either a half size or even a full size larger
than whatever you're doing.

If you can get to a specialty running shoe store, get the staff to
fit you for a shoe.

Getting sized properly might tell you whether you'd benefit from a wide-
width shoe, too. I had never been properly sized as an adult until I had
some issues and went to see an orthopedist who suggested regular shoes
might be too narrow (and the orthotics guy he referred me to confirmed
it, along with the guy at the local Hanson's running shop). My feet feel
much better and very rarely give me troubles anymore.

Quoted message said:

Your shoes are probably too small, and quite possibly way too small.

Consider a larger shoe, either a half size or even a full size larger
than whatever you're doing.

If you can get to a specialty running shoe store, get the staff to
fit you for a shoe.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi>

There ya go, pretty much what I said, except he didn't call the moron a
moron. A jogger with toenails falling off, and no clue why? He's like
the optimist who buys a ex-large jock strap for his 2" crank and two
little raisainets (irishmen/aussies) then wonders why it doesn't fit.