[pct-l] how fast do feet change

[Scott Herriott]

Monty wrote:



<You ask:
Should I start the trail with should 1/2 size bigger,
or wait until I'm busting out of my current runners?
My answer is   No.
 
Bigger shoes is right.................. but even
bigger.
I wear shoes 2 sizes bigger and big enough they ring
like a bell when I shake them.>




I completely agree.  In fact, I wear size 13 on-trail,
10.5 in civilian life.  Before I did this I was very
prone to blistering, afterwards, hardly any.  Make
sure
to tie your shoe in what's referred to, I think, a
"marathoner's knot".  Hard to describe...anyone wanna
help out with that?














Squatch
www.walkpct.com




--- montypct <montypct at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Casey
> Congratulations on your thru-hike
> 
> You ask:
> Should I start the trail with should 1/2 size
> bigger, or wait until I'm busting out of my current
> runners?
> 
> My answer is   No.
> 
> Bigger shoes is right.................. but even
> bigger.
> 
> I wear shoes 2 sizes bigger and big enough they ring
> like a bell when I shake them.  When I keep my miles
> under 30 per day I have zero problems.  I'm usually
> good beyond that too.  I never TIGHTEN them on my
> feet.
> 
> When to get them bigger?
> Using my normal size one year in a grear, broken in
> shoe my feet were destroyed by the 45 mile marker. 
> They never recovered the whole season.  5 months of
> pain and lots of time off the trail.  Expanding
> started immediately.  
> 
> The standard is one to one and a half sizes too big,
> but your mileage may vary.
> 
> Try this link "Fixing Your Feet"
> http://vonhof.typepad.com/fixingyourfeet/  John is
> one of us.
> 
> See you on the trail
> 
> Monty>
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