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To lace running shoes properly
A running shoe should be well adapted to the foot, with different lacing techniques you can adapt the shoe to your foot. Here you will learn 4 different lacing techniques.
Heel lock lacing
Heel lock laced shoe for runners whose heels slip from the base of their running shoes.
- Start at the top-most eyelet and pull laces through so that they’re of even length.
- Lace your shoe in the traditional cross-over method, stopping with two eyelets remaining.
- Run the left lace on the outside of the shoe to the last available eyelet.
- Push the lace through the eyelet from inside.
- Tuck the left lace into the remaining unused eyelet to create a loop.
- Run the right lace on the outside of the shoe to the last available eyelet.
- Push the lace through the eyelet from inside.
- Tuck the right lace into the remaining unused eyelet create a loop.
- Run the ends of the laces throught the small loops on each opposite side.
When you tie your shoes as normal, the loop you created will gently secure your heel to your running shoe, improving your heel fit.
Skip lacing for runners with wide feet
The Skip Lacing Method relieves pressure from a specific area of your foot.
- Start at the top-most eyelet and pull laces through so that they’re of even length.
- Lace your shoe in the traditional cross-over method, stopping at the eyelet where the point of pain begins.
- Run the left lace on the inside of the shoe, skipping to the first eyelet past the point of pain.
- Push the lace through the eyelet and pull straight across.
- Run the right lace on the inside of the shoe, skipping to the first eyelet past the point of pain.
- Push the lace through the eyelet and pull straight across.
- Finish lacing your running show in the traditional cross-over method.
