guess i need to buy something after all

[bubblingbeebles]

i think my sandals are bad for distance walking. we walked for an hour and a half today and my feet were complaining; other incidents this summer involving sandals and walking have had similar results. my feet are not generally that weak.

my alternative choice is the heavy snowproof hiking boots, which have worked but are a bit inconvenient. or

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[edanaher]

Huh... I've done all my warm-weather walking in sandals, and really only had issues on West Virginia walks. Specifically, on the first WV walk (when I had Tevas), I got a few nasty blisters on the soles of my feet and irritated a few other spots where the straps rubbed. This year, in my generally much less irritating Chacos, I only got a couple blisters on the lower sides of my feet and one on the Achilles tendon area where the strap rubbed.

And that's ignoring all the shorter walks I've done - I've done two ~30 mile walks and numerous 20 mile walks in sandals with no issues at all.

Conclusion - get better sandals.

Though I have to say, I picked up a pair of cheap flipflops in Pittsburgh so I could walk without irritating the blisters from the most recent walk (since they were all the sides, flipflops conveniently left them open), and they're starting to grow on me as lightweight and easy to put on/take off. The invisible shoes look like the proper way to do that, since they won't have the issue of having the (cheap plastic) sole torn up from walking through Schenley...