[at-l] recovering after the longer hike

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark)]

My feet will never be the same; I can "feel" differences 14 months
later, although I would not call the differences "pain."  Also, my feet
permanently grew a full shoe [and boot] size - that also has not changed
in those 14 months.  Some doc I met on the Trail said a percentage of
people can do some kind of permanent nerve damage to their feet from all
the pounding - usually nothing severe, but a permanent change in overall
foot sensitivity.  When I play competitive sports invoving a lot of
all-day jumping and running [i.e., a weekend basketball or volleyball
tournament, or a 5k or 10k run], my feet feel more "sensitive"
afterwards than they ever did before my [1,200+ mile] AT hike last
summer . . .

Thru-Thinker

Shane Steinkamp wrote:

>>1.  I've been back from my month on the LT for a couple weeks now
>>and the soles of my feet still complain when I first get out of bed in
>>the morning.  Callouses are maybe half what they were when I
>>came off Trail.  First walk down stairs in the morning is stiffer than
>>it used to be before the hike.  That's the sort of stuff I'm talking
>>about.
>>
>
> This is probably because you 'quit' cold turkey.  You should keep walking
> five or six miles a day and slowly shorten that to two or three miles a day
> after a long hike.  Otherwise you body has trouble adapting back to being a
> couch potato.  :)
>
> Shane
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