Dutchwalk53
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF 2015 with son #1, CF 2016 alone, CF 2017 with son #2 and husband , CF Sept 2018 with daughter
So I have been reading lots of posts here and most of them say "buy your hinking shoes/boots 1 size bigger due to swelling and walking downhill and not want my toenails to get damaged". So I ended up buying a size 10 Keen Marschall hiking shoes while I have normally a size 9 ( ps they felt great trying them on in the store) . I tried them on with my thick comfy Thorlo socks and my aetrex insoles (I have metatarsalgia) and all felt good. Now I'm trying to break them in.....the first few 5 k walks all was well but now I suddenly am getting blisters on my heels. When I walk my heels go up and down a tiny bit but aside from that all feels well. Did I end up buying them too big and should I get a size smaller ( 9.5 which is only 1/2 a size up from my normal size)...or is this just part of breaking in hiking shoes and should I stick with them due to the fact that my feet will swell during the Camino ????? I still have 6 months to try stuff out etc so plenty time