Tamar's camino
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- September 2014 starting in SJPP walking solo :)
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I wore my 'Sketchers GO walk' They look like a running shoe with a very thick soft sole and very light. By the time we got to Logrono I noticed the sole was wearing a bit so I bought a pair of walking shoes there. For the next week I would wear the new shoes for an hour or two in the morning then swapping back to the Sketchers. I gradually lengthened the time I wore the new shoes. When my feet got tired I would switch back to the sketchers. I wore the Sketchers on the last day into Santiago. I never had a blister for the entire walk. I had sore knees for about a week after we misjudged accommodation choices and ended up walking 38 km one day!!! I also invested in some poles and knee braces as a result of this little misadventure. Maybe my Sketchers would have made it all the way, but I decided better to buy the new ones than walking in Crocs if they died!! Maybe I should have taken a back up pair, it would have been cheaper and lighter. I have heard it said that Sketchers get smelly, but I have not had any sign of that. I had them for about 6 months before we left, they probably did about 500 km of the walk in May and they are still being worn every day. They look good and you can't kill them.Hello friends!
Leaving for my very first camino and starting in France on September 25-26...
I got myself a new pair of goretex waterproof walking shoes but I keep wondering how can I go wrong with my 2 year old tennis shoes ( cloth ) they have been through a lot and they are super comfortable ! I have prescription inserts that I need to put in, so my shoes have to be a bit bigger than usual.
I have high arches and on my right foot , after hours of walking I sometimes have pain between two middle toes, so I'm trying to make sure what would be the smartest thing to do.
Thank you all!!
Me too.Personally, I'd take the tennis shoes and inserts as a backup.
Hi Tamara,
Mmmm...tried and true or new?
Last year I walked 500km in a pair of Blundstones ... My feet remained dry and blister free.
This year I bought a pair of waterproof hiking boots and I too question the shoe issue.
I found that there is a lot of concrete walking and I noticed that Spain has a lots of different sized rocks.
The soles of my footwear seemed thin, as in I felt many rocks.
Have you had opportunity to break in your new shoes?
How long does it take for a pair of cloth tennis shoes to dry out if they happen to get wet?
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