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Date: 02 Dec 2006 15:23:10
From: Beginning runner
Subject: Can running make your feet smaller?
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I've noticed that in the past few weeks, my everyday shoes feel looser
than the used to feel. I doubt that they've stretched.
And no, I'm not trolling.
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Date: 03 Dec 2006 01:22:00
From: aeiouy
Subject: Re: Can running make your feet smaller?
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"Beginning runner" <bogus@invalid.com > wrote in message
news:bogus-E0A716.15231002122006@news.west.cox.net...
> I've noticed that in the past few weeks, my everyday shoes feel looser
> than the used to feel. I doubt that they've stretched.
>
Actually over time running will increase your foot size. The job of the
foot is to spread and with the repeated pounding of running many a mile it
will do just that.
> And no, I'm not trolling.
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Date: 02 Dec 2006 23:16:21
From: Dan Stumpus
Subject: Re: Can running make your feet smaller?
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"Beginning runner" <bogus@invalid.com > wrote
> I've noticed that in the past few weeks, my everyday shoes feel looser
> than the used to feel. I doubt that they've stretched.
My feet are a bit smaller after a run, too. I assume it's dehydration.
You might be reducing your body fat content (even if your weight remains the
same). There's sufficient fat padding on the underside of the foot to make
a difference as you get lean and mean. That's my guess, anyway...
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Date: 02 Dec 2006 16:58:10
From: Beginning runner
Subject: Re: Can running make your feet smaller?
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In article <9Pnch.6139$tM1.4232@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net >,
"Dan Stumpus" <dstumpus_NOSP@mindspring.com > wrote:
> > I've noticed that in the past few weeks, my everyday shoes feel
> > looser than the used to feel. I doubt that they've stretched.
>
> My feet are a bit smaller after a run, too. I assume it's
> dehydration.
Not just after a run, but all the time.
> You might be reducing your body fat content (even if your weight
> remains the same). There's sufficient fat padding on the underside
> of the foot to make a difference as you get lean and mean. That's my
> guess, anyway...
That could be it. I've lost about ten pounds in the past six or seven
weeks. Thanks.
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Date: 02 Dec 2006 18:07:41
From: Miss Anne Thrope
Subject: Re: Can running make your feet smaller?
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Intellect, yes.
Dignity, yes.
List of friends, yes.
Foot size, no.
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Date: 03 Dec 2006 07:51:07
From: Al Bundy
Subject: Re: Can running make your feet smaller?
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aeiouy wrote:
> "Beginning runner" <bogus@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:bogus-E0A716.15231002122006@news.west.cox.net...
> > I've noticed that in the past few weeks, my everyday shoes feel looser
> > than the used to feel. I doubt that they've stretched.
> >
> Actually over time running will increase your foot size. The job of the
> foot is to spread and with the repeated pounding of running many a mile it
> will do just that.
>
I have over 150,000 miles running on my feet and they are the same
size as when I started. Feet do temporarily shrink a tiny bit while
running. A tight shoe can feel more loose after a run. And the shoes
stretch after use.
I'm sorry BR, your shoe size is not any evidence of reduced body fat.
Now if you told me that you hat was getting loose, I might reconsider
the theory.
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Date: 04 Dec 2006 07:00:25
From: rick++
Subject: Re: Can running make your feet smaller?
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aeiouy wrote:
> Actually over time running will increase your foot size. The job of the
> foot is to spread and with the repeated pounding of running many a mile it
> will do just that.
More people in this newsgroup have reported larger shoe sizes in the
first year. Yours is the first I recall about shrinking.
But I suppose it could go both ways.
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Date: 05 Dec 2006 09:15:15
From: Twittering One
Subject: Re: Can running make your feet smaller?
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Your feet may be swelling less, with the increased circulation and
intense sweating. And because the develpment of fine muscles in your
foot, the form of your foot may become more refined, thusly, fitting
into some show with a better fit, more streamlined.
Further, if you are improving your cardio fitness in a radical way,
your heart may be better at reducing lower-limb fluid accumulation,
which occurs more often in sedentary people.
In general, you have a healthier foot now (as long as it is not
injured).
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Date: 05 Dec 2006 08:13:56
From:
Subject: Re: Can running make your feet smaller?
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> More people in this newsgroup have reported larger shoe sizes in the
> first year. Yours is the first I recall about shrinking.
> But I suppose it could go both ways.
When I started running, I was overweight by a couple hundred pounds
and, as time went on, I noticed that I went from a size 13 shoe to a
size 12 oddly enough. It appears to be the "type" of person doing the
running. Some people have feet that react differently, I'm sure.
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