Lorca: New shoes

It’s hard to be on a walking trip and not be able to walk comfortably. So we took advantage of our arrival in the big city of Lorca to check out some shoe options that might be able to help. For the last six years, Ned and I have been wearing nothing but Altra shoes with their foot- shaped toe box and zero drop from heel to toe. At home, we wear low-cut Torins, and for hiking, we wear high-top Lone Peaks. Ned wore his new pair on some training hikes at home and found they hit his ankle bone the wrong way. Luckily, he had a brand new pair of low-cut Lone Peaks in his closet, and they are what he is comfortably wearing now. I tried out my high tops at home and thought they were fine, so that is what I’ve been wearing. But now I’m feeling like they may be causing some of my ankle pain. No one in Lorca sells Altras, but I found a nice pair of low-cut Brooks trail runners and will try them out tomorrow. It feels strange to have the 8 mm drop, but I have some ideas on how to minimize it.Lue lisää