[pct-l] Buying larger shoes

[Chris Pratt]

Gretchen,

What I do is take an old pair of shoe laces and lace up the first two or 
three sets of eyelets separately from the top part of the shoe, roughly 
just up to the instep (kinda stop where the arch of the foot starts).  
Go ahead and tie off this set of laces with a square knot once you have 
it adjusted.  Once it is adjusted right you will not need to mess with 
it anymore.  Then take a longer set of laces and lace up the rest of the 
shoe as you normally would.

This method does several things;
- It allows you to lock in your foot to keep it from sliding into the 
toe box,
- it keeps the toe box from getting wrinkled/over squeezed by having one 
shoe lace, and
- this allows you to have the maximum size shoe box for your toes 
without compromising the fit of the shoe.

My two cents....

Chris

On 4/2/2013 12:10 AM, Gretchen Brauer-Rieke wrote:
> " Try on one size larger and see how they feel. My guess is that if you go
> 1/2 to one size larger than your normal size, your feet will thank you.
> But that is just a guess. You will have to decide for yourself."
>
> I'm thinking about the advice about wearing shoes that are larger than what
> one is used to - what happens with the downhill stretches?  Wouldn't one's
> feet slide forward in too-big shoes and hit the ends with one's toes?  I
> usually tighten my laces for downhills to keep my feet from sliding forward
> - wondering how that works if the shoes are big enough that one's feet have
> lots of room to move...
>
> Gretchen
>
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