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[QUOTE="lt56ny, post: 1246833, member: 19122"] Everyone's feet and preferences are different, so this is only from my experiences and observations. Take it or leave it. My 2 cents. Training walking and camino walking as [USER=107500]@Peterexpatkiwi[/USER] says are two very different things. I actually wear a full size larger and get a double wide. But I am sure 1/2 size would do just fine. Unless for some reason you must wear boots, i would go with trail runners every day of the week and twice on Sundays. I have walked lots of different routes and this is not the Appalachian Trail or the PCT. Also through my scientific study of what shoes cause blisters and bad ones (The study consists of me sitting on my bed in an albergue or cafe and seeing people with blisters ;)) more people get blisters and far worse blisters, generally with boots than with trail runners. As for waterproof, I don't think they are needed at all. First of all you can never predict the rain. I walked the Meseta about 12 years ago and it was over 90 every day. I walked the same stretch 3 years later at exactly the same time of the month and it was driving rain, wind and temps in the low 40's to low 50's. So who knows. Last year on my third leg of my camino I went to Portugal and walked the coastal. As many people who walked the same time as I have written here, it was unbelievable how much rain we had, day and night. It was November and my trail runners were soaked within 15 minutes every day. No need to change my socks as new ones would be soaked in 15 more minutes. Stuck newspapers in my Brooks Cascadias every night (twice) and had nice and dry trail runners in the morning all ready and smiling to be soaked again as soon as I walked outside. Finally, I have a pair of Speedgoats and I would say there is plenty of cushion to handle the rocky roads that you encounter. When it is intense rocks as you will find you should be looking down anyway to see where the best place to stick your feet and your poles. Also walking downhill if you zigzag and lengthen your poles and stick one out in front of you to steady you and keep you upright the strain of your feet against your trail runners will diminish greatly. Finally I have no idea about Altra shoes but. looking at the different type of Olympus shoes they have I would definitely pick the trail runner brand. [/QUOTE]
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