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[QUOTE="Phoenix, post: 1006498, member: 33948"] For a solid year before my 2nd Camino, I trained and hiked several times a week in Salomon Quest 4D GTX boots without a problem. Not one blister or even a hot spot over hundreds of miles on terrain much more difficult than most of the Camino. I began the Camino with a new-ish pair, same size that had about 50 miles on them; sufficiently broken in, they felt just like the original pair - great. By the time I reached Burgos, though, every step felt like a cheese slicer was removing another layer of each little toe... so I bought some trail runners (a half size larger) at a Decathlon to complete the Camino. No matter how much one trains beforehand and believes their shoes are dialed in just right, once one begins walking 20-30 km/day, it's likely feet will swell/grow (and my feet stayed the new size afterward, a half-size larger in all shoes). It's also difficult to replicate the day after day distances/pounding on the feet prior to Camino. Like others have suggested, try on shoes after you've walked some distance earlier in the day, wearing your trusted socks that you'll be using, and be sure your toes can splay comfortably with little movement in the rest of the shoe. Some stores, REI for example, have a fake, rocky hill that you can walk up/down to see how your toes, heel, etc. feel in the shoes. I understand advice from many sources may sound confusing, but you should be able to feel/estimate which shoe/shoe size works best for you. Best of luck and Buen Camino. [/QUOTE]
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