MdS competitors have been receiving regular emails from Darbaroud, the French organisers of the MdS. Although these come in both French and English the English translation (computer generated, I suspect) requires some thought to try and work out what they're trying to tell us.
Today's email, MDS Timing No.5, is some advice from the foot butchers, Doc Trotters (they're not that bad really, apparently). On the subject of shoes they note the following:
"The divisions favor the absence of conflict."
Right . . .
There are other real hoots, including gems such as this:
"All the shoes should always have at least one size furthermore than the normal, and mostly two sizes (elongation of the foot beyond 30 km, and permanent inflation)."
If my foot ends up elongating beyond 30km whether my shoes are one or two sizes bigger than normal will be the least of my worries . . .
