Blisters from jogging. Any advise?

What sort of socks are you wearing? Sweat transporting socks can make a huge difference.

But for me, blisters occur whenever I'm breaking in new shoes. I bring out the Compeed for a few weeks until the shoes fit me properly.

Were you properly fitted for shoes at a running store?

Top of the toe sounds like either the toe box is too shallow or your sock is getting bunched up on your little toe.

The ones on the bottom of your toe and foot are from friction when pushing off. Make sure your foot is secure in the shoe. If you can feel your foot slip when you push off, that can cause these kinds of blisters. If you're using cotton socks, stop and get some that wick.

Running shoes are a big investment, so I understand not wanting to spend the money before you're sure about sticking with it. In the meantime, Band-aid brand makes a friction block stick and whenever I have new shoes, I rub that on my heels and the sides of my feet. It really helps to prevent blisters, imo.

Keep your feet dry (no cotton socks) and try those socks with the double layer - one stays with your foot and slips against the other so that nothing is rubbing directly on your feet.

After a few weeks, if that doesn't work... you probably bought the wrong shoes

Can't help you with how to avoid them, but I absolutely love Spenco brand blister/burn kits. They are water gel pads held together with mesh. You cut them to fit and then place moleskin over the entire area to keep it in place. Feels heavenly when applied and will protect the blistered area from further friction/pain. Highly highly recommend this.

I was getting blisters on tops of toes and along sides of big toe. I have shoes fitted at specialty footwear store and am use wicking socks.
My sister in law had same problem and told me about Injinji toe socks. I gave them a try and I've had no more blisters since. I bought Original Weight Mini-Crew, and Lightweight No-Show. I like the lightweight better than original weight. They are a little pricey $12 a pair but I figured not getting blisters made them worth it.

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Blisters are normal to a degree when you start running. But you can reduce the frequency of them. Cotton is rotten...that is the first mantra to learn when dressing for running.

Wet cotton is like sandpaper and will cause blisters and chafing wherever it rubs.

Try a sock and apparel advertised as DryFit, CoolMax DryWeave as these will reduce the blistering and chafing.

On the interim there are a few other things you can do to reduce chafing and blistering. These include applying Vaseline to known friction spots, second skin\mole skin patches, and if you don't believe duct tape can fix most things... duct tape. A single roll of duct tape has hundreds of applications and is much cheaper than mole skin patches. Both do the same thing.

One endurance runs... typically 20Km or longer and depending on the heat/ moisture levels, I will apply a strip of duct tape over the areas on my feet that are prone to blistering. This is applied directly to the skin. This creates a near frictionless glide point that will eliminate a great deal of chafing. Human sweat is a solvent that wears at the glue, such that when you are done, it should peel straight off with the greatest of ease.

Hope this helps!

Welcome to running!

I always go to the local running shoe place and get properly fitted. The only time I run with wicking socks is when I'm trail running and I'm wearing knee high compression socks to avoid poison ivy. I think the shoes are more important than the socks.

I get blisters all the time on the treadmill even with the best fitting shoes, i just buy some bandages that fit over the areas really well but even with that sometimes it hurts.

Running shoes are a big investment, so I understand not wanting to spend the money before you're sure about sticking with it. In the meantime, Band-aid brand makes a friction block stick and whenever I have new shoes, I rub that on my heels and the sides of my feet. It really helps to prevent blisters, imo.

Avon makes one too. Footworks Anti-Blister stick.
It's a model trick as quite often we have to squeeze our feet into uncomfortable, badly fitting shoes for runway.
Also check your sox - if there is a seam across the top of your toes, you can turn them inside out and the seam edge will not rub your toes.