With that in mind, my shoes from the 2006 Coast to Coast walk completely fell apart, leaving me with no shoes. The running shoe replacement was fairly easy: walk into a New Balance store and I left with the M730. Theyre light and fit really well, no problems.
Sandals are a bigger problem. Teva sandals were ruled out. They leave the toes exposed, but mostly have quality control issues: youll never wear out the sole of a Teva because the velcro straps die first. I also had a pair of Tevas where the sole separated completely from the bottom of the shoe. They definitely didnt get so much wear that I felt that sort of failure mode was justified.
My wife loved her Keens, so I first tried a pair of Keen Turia Sandals. Ouch. I found out why they were on closeout: the heel strap on the Turia are so high that they cut into my Talus. These were the most painful shoes Id ever experienced so I immediately returned them.
REI had a pair of Teva Churniums on closeout, and they looked a lot like the Keens, but but they were narrower. One size was too narrow, but the next half-size up was too loose lengthwise. So that was a disappointment. I finally gave up but my wife reminded me that her Keens were really good. I looked at her Keen Venice H2s, and discovered that unlike the Turias, the heel strap was low enough not to cut into the Talus.
I found a pair of Keen Newport H2s, and indeed, they fit perfectly. Im always annoyed at how hard it is to find shoes. These arent perfect. They work great without socks but feel just a bit cramped with socks. I cant seem to find them half a size larger, so I can only speculate what itll be like if they were half a size bigger. In the mean time, however, these work very well, and in California, it never gets so cold that I need socks with these anyway. Recommended.
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