I made another attempt to break in my new boots today, and it started out well. My wife needed half an hour of walking still for a Strava challenge, and since I needed a shorter hike to work on breaking in the boots, we hit the Buckeye Trail again.
I took my pocket camera this time, a Sony DSC-W800 that I got right at the start of the pandemic for the portability, in that it fits in my pocket. Handy for a quick walk I guess, though I had an older version that fit well into my running belt. For hiking though, I am not sure that I am a fan. I might just need to adjust to it, and maybe I am spoiled by my APS-C sensor cameras. It does seem easier to edit from the Raw files compared to starting with JPG, and the grain on the larger cameras is much nicer.
From the parking lot, we only went about half an hour onto the trail, minus time to the trailhead. It isn't that I am complaining, I'm still breaking in the shoes. We turned around where a tree fell across the path, which worked out well. I was halfway between the trailhead and my car when the pain started.
Pain is normal, sometimes. The new boots still had a negligible amount of distance on them, and this really added to them. Dr. Martens really can take a bit to break in, but they are feeling better already. I mean, yeah, another few blocks and I would have been bleeding from my Achilles, but that's the price to pay. I should be able to wear them without issue by Halloween, as long as that doesn't get canceled too.
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