How to Lace Running Shoes

Properly lace your running shoes.

There is a right way and a wrong way to lace running shoes. Properly lacing your shoes can decrease your risk of injury. It's important to lace high and tight as this keeps your foot in the proper position in the shoe and on the cushions within it.

Things You'll Need

• running shoes

Instructions

1. Lace the entire length of the shoe. Start at the bottom and insert the lace through the bottom-most eyelets from top to bottom. Pull the laces through until they are even and the lace lays flat across the top of the eyelets.

2. Begin lacing the shoe in a criss-cross pattern pulling the laces through the eyelets from bottom to top. Do this for the first six eyelets.

3. After the sixth eyelet, loop the lace through the topmost eyelet on the same side. Cross over and through the loop on the other side. Do the same with the other side.
   This serves to increase foot stability and the more stable you are on your feet, the less likely you are to fall.

4. Pull your laces as tight as you can and still feel comfortable. You don't want too much pressure on the top of your foot. If there is, unlace the shoe and re-lace it but skip one pair of eyelets.

5. Tie a square knot. Thread the right lace over and then under the left. Form two loops. Put the left loop over and under the right. As you go through the motions, hold the laces steady and tight. If the loops are long, either tuck them into the shoe or tie another knot.

References

• Runner's World: Custom Tie Your Running Shoes