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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Casey</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Congratulations on your thru-hike</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You ask:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Should I start the trail with should 1/2 size bigger, or
wait until I'm busting out of my current runners?<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>My answer is No.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Bigger shoes is right.................. but
even bigger.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I wear shoes 2 sizes bigger and big enough
they ring like a bell when I shake them. When I keep my miles under
30 per day I have zero problems. I'm usually good beyond that too. I
never TIGHTEN them on my feet.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>When to get them bigger?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Using my normal size one year in a grear,
broken in shoe my feet were destroyed by the 45 mile marker. They never
recovered the whole season. 5 months of pain and lots of time off the
trail. Expanding started immediately. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>The standard is one to one and a half sizes
too big, but your mileage may vary.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Try this link "Fixing Your Feet" <A
href="http://vonhof.typepad.com/fixingyourfeet/">http://vonhof.typepad.com/fixingyourfeet/</A>
John is one of us.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT><FONT size=2>See you on the
trail</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT><FONT
size=2>Monty</FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>