Personally it looks normal I wish I had my other bike here to check bit its 1000 mile away for another week. I look at the picture and think thats there so your foot don't slide outwards and off the pedal. It can be easily adjusted to the rider. Let me jump up on my computer and I will show you the same pedal adjusted to clear the rotrex breathing attachment.
Ha, that's not my floor, that's my bike lift I don't know what I would do without it, it makes working on a bike so much easier. When I don't have a bike on it I use it as a table