Trainer Armour Big Toe Hole Preventer

The Trainer Armour Big Toe Hole Preventer is a self-adhesive toe patch that stops your big toe wearing a hole through the mesh upper of your running shoes. Fit it in a new pair and the classic toe-box blowout never gets started.

It suits runners who always wear through the top of the toe box long before the rest of the shoe is done. The thin but very hard-wearing patch reinforces the mesh, and once fitted it is unnoticeable. Left and right foot applicators put each patch exactly above the big toe, with no laces to remove, no mess and no sticky fingers.

Brit Patch, the maker behind Trainer Armour, makes them in the UK, so check the UK size range before you buy. Heel collar wearing through instead? The Trainer Armour Heel Hole Preventer protects the back of the shoe.