10-26-2016, 10:33 AM | #11 | |
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You've never dealt with the American Military Boot have you? I believe they have an operational life span of "less than one year". Every one I've owned should have been replaced just after 6 months, but I could usually nurse them out to almost a year. But my feet are hard on shoes. |
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10-26-2016, 10:45 AM | #12 | |
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Case in point, my feet have extraordinarily high arches (like, I have trouble tying up shoes unless I get mens double-wide). This makes my gait unstable and I tend to roll onto the sides of my feet. I wear that part more than it's designed to, which makes the bottom of my shoes rounder, which makes me roll side to side more, and then one day I'm minding my own damn business on flat concrete and massively sprain[1] my ankle as my foot rolls right over and my ankle folds up. I'd worn those shoes down almost to the padding, which was a terrible idea. I got scolded in the ER. I replace them more often now. Smart materials have potential, with adaptive support and the ability to indicate when they're dangerously worn, and to tell you that you should see someone about your funny feet. Bioplas shoes that self-heal would be pretty awesome. [1] The kind of sprain where it would have been kinder to break my ankle.
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10-26-2016, 12:28 PM | #13 | |
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So at least back then regs called for a spare pair as part of full kit. |
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10-26-2016, 02:09 PM | #14 | |
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But once shaped to your feet ( or possibly once your feet shaped themselves to the boots), you were good for years of walking. Last edited by Celjabba; 10-26-2016 at 02:13 PM. |
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10-26-2016, 02:46 PM | #15 | |
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10-26-2016, 03:14 PM | #16 | |
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(I have very wide, very flat "duck feet" and am sure that I jog wrongly, but curiously, walk and run adequately. Within days of jogging a single mile, my right hip explodes with pain and injury. It blows up my blood sugar, so I know it's not "just" pain. But I'm doing fine running/walking greater distances and even slightly faster.)
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10-27-2016, 08:27 PM | #17 |
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Re: Armored... Shoes?
I've known some fitness freaks, the ones that do the most running, actually rotate anywhere from 3 to 5 pairs of running shoes, and are replacing shoes usually within a year, but these are freaks that train for marathons.
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10-27-2016, 08:37 PM | #18 |
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Re: Armored... Shoes?
I "only" walk about five miles a day and I'm still replacing the shoes I walk to and from work in every 4-8 months. The shoes I wear on the job don't seem to wear out at any predictable kind of speed but rarely last more than a year.
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10-27-2016, 08:55 PM | #19 |
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I don't run anywhere near that much, but being over 200 lbs on size 8.5 flat feet with a wobbly gait makes for some harsh shoe punishment.
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10-27-2016, 09:06 PM | #20 |
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Re: Armored... Shoes?
I think one factor is what worn out means to each of us. I often wait until actual holes appear, and my GF's had to tape some of hers up while raising the dough to replace them. I imagine others buy new ones when they "merely" lose optimal function.
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