My trail running buddy swore by toe socks for blisters

I tried them on a 20k in the Smokies last weekend and ended up with two black toenails instead of the usual one. Has anyone else had weird results from switching sock types?

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jessica9214d agoTop Commenter

Your toe socks chose violence" is a great way to put it. That's pretty much exactly what happened with the black toenails. I get that for some people they're the whole solution, but I've seen it go the other way just as often. My buddy swore by them for years, then tried a different brand on a wet run and got blisters between every single toe. It's like the socks are just one piece of the puzzle. Fit, shoe size, terrain, how hard you're pushing it - all of that matters way more than the sock cut, in my experience.

simon_jackson814d ago

Toe socks are either magic or they're not, no middle ground. Sounds like yours chose violence.