September 01, 2012
Less Than 2 Weeks
That's how long it took these shoes I bought just before the trip to have their heels degenerate into this....
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Which is why there is frequent mention of my feet in the posts on my recent Japan trip.
It's worse than that. The first week I did very little walking because I had a sprained ankle, so the shoes wore out in a remarkably short time. Now, it's true that there were days that I walked 14 miles or more but by the second weekend this had started to happen. The shoes left blood blisters on my heels which I shan't post here out of respect for my audience. Walking the last week was exceedingly painful, but unlike the sprain, bruises and blisters don't threaten long term debilitation, so I was able to hobble about with three pairs of socks to keep the trip from being a bust.
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Spot Bilt sneakers: Don't buy them.
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Which is why there is frequent mention of my feet in the posts on my recent Japan trip.
It's worse than that. The first week I did very little walking because I had a sprained ankle, so the shoes wore out in a remarkably short time. Now, it's true that there were days that I walked 14 miles or more but by the second weekend this had started to happen. The shoes left blood blisters on my heels which I shan't post here out of respect for my audience. Walking the last week was exceedingly painful, but unlike the sprain, bruises and blisters don't threaten long term debilitation, so I was able to hobble about with three pairs of socks to keep the trip from being a bust.
Shorter version of this post:
Spot Bilt sneakers: Don't buy them.
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Duct tape or Mole skin over the blisters.
Extra socks sometime exacerbate the problem.
Posted by: jon spencer at Sat Sep 1 20:53:42 2012 (hFoyt)
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Well, I had moleskin.
Never travel without moleskin.
BTW, I don't think you can get moleskin in Japan. So I repeat: Never travel without moleskin.
Never travel without moleskin.
BTW, I don't think you can get moleskin in Japan. So I repeat: Never travel without moleskin.
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Sat Sep 1 21:14:24 2012 (e9h6K)
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