My running shoes don't even have a loop at the bottom, and both are laced in over out. My regular shoes do use the loop, and both are out over in. My old running shoes (****ty support!) have the loop, but are both in over out.
That's just my shoes... 3 pair, 3 different. I'm sure there's enough of a random chance that the guy in the store doesn't give a crap about taking the time to lace the cute little loop, and by happenstance lace both out over in just by repetetion 10000 times from selling shoes.
Practically speaking, I bet there's a greater than 90% chance that at least one guy per OCS class comes in with his shoes out over in with no loop used, and simultaneously has no idea that it's a rule at OCS to have your shoes that way. I could do some statistical analysis on this if you want, but, I'm lazy, and it would take a couple months to develop a sufficient sample size to avoid error :icon_tong
~Nate
Thisguy said:
Take a look at your sneakers. I just did. All of them were laced the same way by the guy at the store, meaning that one shoe was outboard over inboard, but the other one was inboard over outboard. And all of them used the loop at the bottom, which they don't use at OCS. It would be a huge coincidence if you showed up with both your shoes laced correctly.