Comments on: Hot Feet, Iron Deficiency & Footstrike Hemolysis

By: Erskien Lenier

Erskien Lenier — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:43:35 +0000

You forgot to mention that the chronic wearing of shoes can teach a runner to not notice how much force he or she is pushing into the pavement resulting in too much shock to the feet. The way to test this is to run barefoot on pavement. If it hurts your landing to hard and or using bad form or over striding.

Barefoot Running forces one to develop optimally lite landings upon the pavement. It forces correct biomechanics to he developed and refined.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:02:24 +0000

The hot feet are a new one to me, but I know all about low iron and agree that if you start to feel really weary it’s a likely suspect. We just don’t seem to eat the kinds of foods or in the right combinations to keep levels up. One warning: iron supplements have the potential side effect of constipation.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:47:23 +0000

well, i’m sure your wife appreciated it. better than cold feet in bed!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:01:42 +0000

@Nora: Indeed! I am pretty sure I could power a small appliance.

@Blaine: Although less so, I still get hot feet. It was at its worst at the peak of mileage. Since I am now post-marathon and at reduced mileage, I do not have it nearly as much. The biggest difference with increasing iron intake was a decrease in fatigue.

By: Blaine Moore (Run to Win)

Blaine Moore (Run to Win) — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:56:55 +0000

That’s an interesting phenomenon – I have never had the hot soles of my feet issue before.

Once you increased your iron intake, did the problem go away for you?

By: Nora

Nora — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:07:05 +0000

Interesting, I’ve never heard of this. Too bad you can’t tap into the heat energy generated to power things…