[pct-l] Shoes

[Steve McAllister]

Ditto on the Golite's.
I know a lot of people rag on them and I've heard they aren't durable,
but so far they have been the only shoe that seems to not destroy my
toes.

As you have observed, many people have feet that get wider towards the
toes so the typical shoe would be too loose at the heel area while
pinching the toes.


On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Brian Lewis <brianle8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Diane wrote:
> "I have morton's feet. I even have morton's neuroma in one foot. My feet are
> wider at the end, like duck feet. The widest part of my feet
> and the widest part of a shoe do not match."
>
> I can relate to this pretty well --- I too have morton's neuroma in one
> foot, and am having surgery in less than a week where about an inch of nerve
> will be cut out, other treatments having failed.  I don't know if alternate
> shoes would have helped this.
>
> I wore (and still wear) Golite brand shoes because they have a wide toe box
> --- if you look at at them from top or bottom you see that they're shaped a
> lot more like actual feet are, and I'm a big fan of that.  I like this
> approach better than getting a generally wider shoe in some other brand; I
> don't need my shoes wider everywhere, just in the toe box.  In my particular
> case, it's bunionettes that cause me pain if my shoe isn't wide enough in
> front (the neuroma happened on the PCT in 2008).
>
> Of all gear selection issues, shoes are the hardest thing to get right.  I
> too have several boxes of shoes, a couple boxes of an older model that I can
> no longer buy in my size, and a few of a couple of newer Golite models that
> I tried out this year.
>
> Hmm, the footwear section of the PCT FAQ isn't filled in yet, some more
> general comments from this thread might be helpful to add in ... <ducking,
> running for cover>
>
>
> Brian Lewis / Gadget '08
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