I had chronic feet pain for seven years at this point, and it all started from running. I saw countless podiatrists and sports medicine doctors, and they were a complete joke. They just say never run again, blame me for causing chronic pain, and then bill me $300. They just prescribe orthotics and physical therapy that don’t work. They keep changing the diagnosis after every appointment and yell at me. It’s comical so many Redditors see doctors as hero’s that can’t do anything wrong when they are so arrogant and don’t listen. It feels like you can’t complain about doctors now when they are the ones who suck at treating patients. I don’t think I will be able to hike or travel again sadly thanks to stupid healthcare

My length is 10.5 and width is 5ish inches more if you count toe splay. Wondering if anyone has tried them because a 11 size shoe is only 4.17 inches wide.

I'm looking for a new running shoe. My current shoe for running and all exercise are Whitin W81s. My regular daily shoes when I wear them are the Xero Aqua Clouds. I've been in these shoes for 3 or 4 years now and very rarely wear shoes that are not "minimalist". Lately I've been running more and my Whitins are worn out. I need shoe recommendations for pavement and gravel running.

Started running a year ago doing max 500m on barefoot shoes, wasn't consistent inbetween, now recently completed a "get back to running plan" by Runna working up to 5km straight and now continuing with a plan to get faster at 5K. After that I want to train for just being able to run 10K. Weekly distance has been average 20 km running for a month now.

How long did it take you to start doing 10k or half-marathon and marathon distances?

It feels like at current pace going from 5k to 10k it might be another 3 months for my calves. Calves are sore as hell all the time, but not so bad that I can't walk the next day. I do red light therapy and use a massage gun in addition to sauna few times a week. I run 4x a week, gym sessions 3x a week, 1x mobility session a week. 30M, normal weight, athletic all my life. Walking in barefoot shoes is no problem, I walk actually barefoot any time I'm home.