Schonhose

Every once in a while I need new shoes, being for either basketball or every day use. Buying shoes is a real adventure, since I have special soles to prevent pain issues from Plantar fasciitis. On most shoes the inner sole isn’t removed easily making it hard to use my own soles. Luckily I still manage to find shoes which I like and can be easily modified to be used with my own inner soles.

Everyone who has bought a new pair of shoes has experienced another discomfort: blisters. To prevent these blisters it is recommended to ‘break in’ the shoes by walking in them for a couple of hours a day. And most of the times this works, for instance the latest daily shoes I bought were put immediately to the test by walking 4 days in Rome, Italy. No feet were harmed during these days, which was really nice. If only I was that lucky when I visited Dubrovnic. I got some really nice blisters from the shoes that week.

The fact is sometimes I get lucky and I forget what I’m suppose to do. However, my feet will always give me this little reminder if the combination with the new shoes don’t work. This was the case on monday when I went out playing basketball using my newly bought basketball shoes. The normally white socks turned to some pinkish color around the toes which was the first indication I forgot something. The pain in the shower and after applying disinfectant would be the second and third indication. So this is a friendly reminder to myself: save some agony and spend some time breaking in new shoes.