Running on grass - shoes question

j@utis

I've decided to take up sprints on our local football pitch. I've bought a pair of football trainers because I prefer something with studs to stop me from slipping.
So, I went out today morning for my first training session. I only lasted for about 12 mins, my heart was racing and my lungs felt like falling out, but the thing that stopped from more was those runners, they literally ate skin of my heels. I have a size of 5eur coin of skin gone on my right foot heel and the same size blister on the left. I enjoyed the fresh air and sprints along the stadium but now I'm out of action for a good few days (any shoes hurt like hell now).

Could anyone recommend shoes to run on grass or off-road or cross-country or however they call them that have a good grip soles as I'm absolutely terrified of slipping (I had a bad injury after slipping and falling about 15years ago). Some water tightness is also required.

TheJones

same old prob when running cross country and can be attributed to your foot wear,

If you liked running on the grass chances are you won't leave it and return to jogging along your local road so try investing in a good pair of cross country trainers, your current situation can be explained simply by the fact that your trainers do not allow your sweat and heat to be expelled correctly, this in turn makes your skin softer during exercise which coupled with the constant friction of rubbing against the hard edges of the heel of your trainers will cause abrasion marks and some annoying pain for the rest of the week.

Asics, Salomon and the North Face all make allterrain and cross specific shoes and these are expensive but worthy of an investment if your willing to continue, use Salomon Speed Cross myself and they have an inbuilt goretex sock inbuilt to keep your feet dry and allow a quick fit during a tri-race etc. the soles are also dsigned to give grip in all conditions. Desn't matter what manufacturer you chosse as all three are good but expect to pay upwards of Eur100 at least! In the meantime buy a first aid kit

hunnymonster

you could try trail shoes or even spikes.

srmnm

I gather you've sudo-creamed and plastered? Don't worry the worst is over.
Someone above mentioned Asics. I agree 100%.
The boots you bought are better for agility training, ie. sharp turning, sprinting with grip etc.
I'd suggest tryuing asics and when u get board of doing laps of the pitch, use mapmyrun.com and set some goals up. Do 5km runs 3 times a week, and time yourself, when you beaten your reord 5 times increase the distace and to the same again.
One last tip, go bearfoot as often as you can, its much better for your feet.

An Citeog

j@utis wrote: »

I've decided to take up sprints on our local football pitch. I've bought a pair of football trainers because I prefer something with studs to stop me from slipping.
So, I went out today morning for my first training session. I only lasted for about 12 mins, my heart was racing and my lungs felt like falling out, but the thing that stopped from more was those runners, they literally ate skin of my heels. I have a size of 5eur coin of skin gone on my right foot heel and the same size blister on the left. I enjoyed the fresh air and sprints along the stadium but now I'm out of action for a good few days (any shoes hurt like hell now).

Could anyone recommend shoes to run on grass or off-road or cross-country or however they call them that have a good grip soles as I'm absolutely terrified of slipping (I had a bad injury after slipping and falling about 15years ago). Some water tightness is also required.

That's fairly normal tbh if it was your first time wearing them. Are they studs, mouldies, blades or astroturf type runners? Obviously, you can go out and buy a new pair of spikes or cross country runners but seeing as you've already invested in a pair of boots and you're only looking to do sprints on a football pitch, it's not really necessary imo.

Try wearing a thick pair of football socks (or two) next time and put some Vaseline in the heel aswell to reduce the friction if you want. Unless they're way too small/big for you, they just need to be broken in and should be fine after a couple of wears.

j@utis

The pair I've got is blades (thanks for the links, I'm clueless about football footwear and football too) they're made by Reebok and cost me only 20eur, so no problem to send them into the bin. I'll give them one more chance though.
I only plan to do sprints, no distance running for me thanks. I suspect my tender heals to adapt a little bit, but now I only can wear slippers.
Thanks TheJones for the reply, I've checked ebay for Salomon, not the biggest choise, all below 100eur, I might be tempted.

I saw football shoes from Asics in TkMaxx other day, they were something like a cross breed between the blades and normal runners, pitty there was no my size (typical TkMaxx).

An Citeog

I'd be inclined to stick with the blades rather than getting something like those runners in your post. Not sure how much grip you'd get off them doing sprints on a muddy pitch. For the moment, get yourself some of those blister plasters which should help to ease the pressure on your heels. Next time you go out, try the thick football socks and Vaseline and it should be a lot better.

j@utis

yeah, I've already changed my mind to these (look very flexible):

no my size available though
I'd love to go barefoot but living in the town doesn't offer many if any options to do that...
So, double socks next time and see how it goes.

backspacer

This has happened to me in the past,if they are screw in studs they have a tendency to dig into the ball below your big toe, absolutely tore the base of my foot. I just changed my boots for moulded studs and thankfully no pain since.

elvis jones

j@utis wrote: »

yeah, I've already changed my mind to these (look very flexible):

no my size available though
I'd love to go barefoot but living in the town doesn't offer many if any options to do that...
So, double socks next time and see how it goes.

What model are they ??

I hope to do some running on the curragh over/after christmas and am looking for shoes, any ideas or help would be great.

jayoo

might simply be a case of getting used to wearing football boots. Remember football boots work best when there on tight, i always wear two pairs of socks when playing, if they dont fit well they will cause friction between ur skin and your sock, which will lead to ouchy time.