The top photo he posted looks like they sewed a single 1/4" seam between eyelets 2-3 which seems adequate. The thing you don't want to happen while slipping on the shoes is to have the tongue roll down and fold under and that small seam should prevent that. I tried to hot glue gun my tongue in place but it didn't hold. Neither did SuperGlue. A rivet on each side probably would work. But I'll probably try the local shoe cobbler for a seam similar to Mike's. Or I'll remove the tongue altogether before my first race.

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