Week 6

[Riazor Blue]

Antonio, just a thought about your foot. I imagine that it is facitis plantar, no? Where is the pain, under the arch? It could help if you 'lock lace' your zapatillas. One cause is that the heel is moving about a little too much in the shoe, lock lacing keeps the foot secure in the back of the shoe.

I will try to explain how it's done, if you have never heard of it, although it's easier to do than to describe.

1) Lace the shoes as normal, when you get to the top, there are those holes right at the top, set further back than the rest. The lace end which is on the left side goes back into the hole on the left fide to form a loop.

2) The same on the right side. So now you have a loop sticking out of both sides of the shoe and the ends of the laces on the inside of the shoe.

3) Put your foot in the shoe and tap the heel so that your foot is as far back in the heel as possible.

4) Thread the end of the lace on the right hand side through the loop on the left thand side.

5) Thread the lace end on the left hand side through the loop on the right hand side.

6) Gently tighten the lace in the shoe, and tug little by little on each lace end until all the slack has been taken out.

7) Tie the lace as normal, but because it's higher on the foot you do not need to tie it so tightly. If it's too tight you will soon feel it pressing on the tendons on top of the foot.

After tieing the shoe, compare it with the other, you will find that your heel hardly moves at all in the shoe.


I had this problem about last August when I changed shoes and somebody recommended lock lacing. I've not had the problem since.