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- Thread starter TSmyth
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Well, this is getting just a little too freaky for me. I'm out.
Don't waste your money on the boots; but do buy boot socks. Thorlo makes some pretty awesome socks. Pair those with some white athletic socks and you'll never have to worry about blisters.
Or Fox river socks.
Seriously you are WAY over thinking things. If you have prior issues with blisters that is understandable. I think I lost half of my heel from one day when we ran through some wet in tennis shoes and didn't get a chance to change for a whole day.
Here's the deal though, they will give you the boots you need, they will give you a chance to buy insoles (or bring custom ones) and you will alternate boots and tennis shoes for a week or so. Also you don't do any "real" running in boots, a few miserable laps around the gym but nothing measured in miles.
If all of that fails and you still get blisters, you go to medical. They will give you fancy creams, mole skin and a chit to wear tennis shoes until your feet get better.
Trust me, I know what you are trying to do, control what you can before you go, but believe me OCS is awful in some pretty creative ways. You can't prepare for it like this. Either that, or you have some jacked up feet and you'll just be spending some time at medical getting it sorted.
Seriously you are WAY over thinking things. If you have prior issues with blisters that is understandable. I think I lost half of my heel from one day when we ran through some wet in tennis shoes and didn't get a chance to change for a whole day.
Here's the deal though, they will give you the boots you need, they will give you a chance to buy insoles (or bring custom ones) and you will alternate boots and tennis shoes for a week or so. Also you don't do any "real" running in boots, a few miserable laps around the gym but nothing measured in miles.
If all of that fails and you still get blisters, you go to medical. They will give you fancy creams, mole skin and a chit to wear tennis shoes until your feet get better.
Trust me, I know what you are trying to do, control what you can before you go, but believe me OCS is awful in some pretty creative ways. You can't prepare for it like this. Either that, or you have some jacked up feet and you'll just be spending some time at medical getting it sorted.
I just graduated and I don't think this is too crazy. My feet were pretty swollen on the day we went to the uniform shop and my boots ended up being a little too big. At least knowing what size to get in advance would be helpful.
This depends on how jacked up you are. We had a certain individual in our class who definitely logged upwards of 2 miles (40 laps) inside the gym during drill practice. But he was exceptional
USN1855
Member
I have a quick question about running shoes at OCS.
What are the rules/recommendation about color on shoes? I am trying to get all black/gray shoes...but having trouble finding a pair that fits right that doesnt have some kind of accent color. I mean would any of these not be allowed or get DI attention? Navy blue or yellow maybe.
THANK YOU!!!
What are the rules/recommendation about color on shoes? I am trying to get all black/gray shoes...but having trouble finding a pair that fits right that doesnt have some kind of accent color. I mean would any of these not be allowed or get DI attention? Navy blue or yellow maybe.
THANK YOU!!!
Aviation Jones
SNA
What kind of surfaces are we going to be running on? I would imagine just about everything from from asphalt, to dirt, and even a cinder or rubber track. There's probably no perfect shoe...
Mostly asphalt as I've been told. I switched from my Free Runs to Lunar glides for this reason myself.