My daughter wanted to get her nails done Friday. I thought I'd get a pedicure and relax while she did her thing.

Never occurred to me to tell the lady to save my calluses.
I came to this realization about mile 10 on my 20 miler the next day. The balls of both feet were on fire.

Do I try Leukotape or New Skin? Or do I just cross my fingers and hope my feet toughen up again over the next 2.5 weeks?
Any tips will be much appreciated!

just gonna say... i can't help ya there

/checks man card in wallet

I don't know about Leukotape, but I was going to suggest duct tape. I don't think it's the callouses persay, but just the freshly exposed nerves. I think within a week you should be about 90% better. But putting an additional barrier like tape should help.

consider an Epson salt bath/soak. That and kiniso tape.

that's how I've managed my blisters.

If you don't like strange women rubbing on you, that's your problem, not mine!

Massages are one of my favorite things. Basically just a massage for your feet and it beat the heck outta just sitting there and smelling nail polish for 25 minutes. Lesson learned though.

Appreciate the replies!

Hopefully your feet are better. I've had good luck managing blisters with hemorrhoid cream and coconut butter lotion.

moleskin?

get some fancy thorlos socks!

I love my Feetures socks, so I'm going to stick with them

Did 8 Wednesday and feet felt fine. Doing 12 tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes.
I think bigtruck was right and there were just freshly exposed nerves. Fingers crossed!

Thank y'all!

Former Marine here so a lot of running and a lot of humping. One of the tricks used in Marines is used this stuff called Hikers Wool/Wuru Wool That Hikers Wool is legit. Also made sure to have good socks like Bombas brand. Also KT tape is also good to have some when it's needed.

https://www.amazon.com/Wuru-Premium-Prevention-Blisters-Irritation/dp/B07HNLRYRC/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?adgrpid=55435535229&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhonF5aGk_AIVURXUAR1FkwZeEAAYASAAEgKgJPD_BwE&hvadid=274720135877&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9028224&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=6023250068304407836&hvtargid=kwd-492331231672&hydadcr=7855_9531094&keywords=hikers+wool&qid=1672503701&sr=8-3