Sore
Posted: Wed 11 October, 2006 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Getting Organised, Health, Travel, Work-related |2 Comments »Oh yeah, that was one thing – breaking in new boots.
A few weeks back, I bought some new Cat boots to supplement the use of my normal steel-toecapped things. Up ’til now I’d worn them short-term (i.e. for a couple of hours at a time) on a few occasions, but this week has been the first week of constant wear. I chose this week as I emphatically wasn’t going to be walking serious distances, as the hotel I’m using is effectively just round the corner from the office. But of course there’s still the entire “walking from the station to the office” thing, and I’ve still done a fair amount of walking in them.
And of course they’re not properly broken in yet. So even with doing less walking than usual, the sodding things have rubbed against my heels, and I’ve a (broken) blister about the size of a 50p piece. Which is, needless to say, quite sore.
So yesterday I ended up buying some blister plasters (just to stop the sodding thing getting rubbed all the time) and a couple of pairs of hefty thick socks. And today my feet feel much better, and hopefully the blister will now start to heal up a bit.
And I need to buy a new pair of steel-toecap ones before long too…
That’s usually a sign that your shoes don’t fit properly ya know.
And did you get the compeed blister plaster thingies, they are ace. A little pricey but brilliant.
Yeah, I did get the Compeed ones – as you say, more expensive, but yes, definitely a massive improvement over standard Elastoplast things!
And the boots fit fine – it’s just that they’re a bit solid at first, and don’t flex along with my foot. Thus, rubbing occurs. Thick socks (for padding purposes) and the compeed thing and the world is fine again.