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[pct-l] Feet Expansion
- Subject: [pct-l] Feet Expansion
- From: ROYROBIN at aol.com (ROYROBIN@xxxxxxx)
- Date: Tue Jun 24 16:33:08 2003
I went from size 12 to size 13, but that was when I started running
seriously, not when I began thruhiking. You may be right, that foot expansion is more
perception than reality. I increased my shoe size because my toes hurt.
That's when I began running. Did my toes hurt because I was running or because my
original shoes were too small. I suspect the answer to that is, "Yes, to
both."
When we begin running or hiking long distances, we quickly get the message
that our toes need more room. I suspect that most of us wear shoes that are a
size too small until we start really testing our feet. Does this make sense to
anyone else on this list?
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In a message dated 6/23/03 1:14:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
Bighummel@aol.com writes:
> I'm not aware of anyone who hiked the trail in the early years to have
> complained of, or experienced any problem with, foot expansion (perhaps it
> is simply
> a perception, without merit). We carried more weight than is common today,
> yet foot expansion is a common malady of today's thru-hikers.
>
>