How to Tie a Heel Lock

uvox

Seriously:

https://youtu.be/EJVPDOPGlOA

Does anyone do this? Is it more trail than road running?

Why not buy shoes that, y'know, actually fit in the first place.

Singer

uvox wrote: »

Seriously:

https://youtu.be/EJVPDOPGlOA

Does anyone do this? Is it more trail than road running?

Why not buy shoes that, y'know, actually fit in the first place.

I do this, I find it slightly more comfortable. Definitely not a trail runner

Murph_D

Me too, but only if the laces are long enough, which they sometimes are not (couldn't be arsed actually installing longer laces). Nothing to do with poor fit - it's an option, hence the extra eyelets.

ger664

Have been doing it for years. Some of us have weird feet that dont fit into regular fit shoes so a larger size has to be got.

davedanon

Murph_D wrote: »

Me too, but only if the laces are long enough, which they sometimes are not (couldn't be arsed actually installing longer laces). Nothing to do with poor fit - it's an option, hence the extra eyelets.

+1 to this. nothing whatever to do with ill-fitting shoes. Why should it be? And why does the OP continually do this? Starts threads and then just abandon them after a few comments. It's like fecking online littering.

Dubgal72

Necessary for some when training for longer distances. I move up a half size to allow for foot swelling when doing long runs. Heel lock prevents slipping.

sconhome

uvox wrote: »

Seriously:

https://youtu.be/EJVPDOPGlOA

Does anyone do this? Is it more trail than road running?

Why not buy shoes that, y'know, actually fit in the first place.

Lots of people do the heel lock thing especially when they are being fitted for shoes. Some people find that the actual correct fit in the shoe is a bit strange to get used to - coming from a snug too small fit to correct size - so the heel lock generally pulls the shoe in around the ankle making them feel a bit more secure.

It also works really well for people with long feet but slim ankles.

I normally skip the top eyelets but still use the loop over lock down method:

Coffee Fulled Runner

I always do it too

Djoucer

Presumed most people tie their shoes like this.

It works. Nothing to do with bad fit.

davedanon

I always wore a size 10 shoe, and saw no reason to change when it came to running shoes. Ran in size 10 Asics for several years, then decided to check out other brands, and headed to AK in Ballymount. Gary C both introduced me to the heel lock and informed me that I was more like a size 11. Funnily enough, I had suffered with sore toes up to then.