To be honest, I never gave the toe box of my hiking boots or running shoes much thought until I started writing about the outdoors. In fact, I’m certain I’d never even heard the term “toe box.” I just tried on shoes in the store and if they felt good and I could afford to buy them, I wore them on the trail until holes appeared in them, then I repeated that process.
Testing hiking and running shoes for my job at Advnture is a different story, however. I frequently hit the trail in shoes and boots I’d never consider wearing otherwise in the name of journalism. Some are too stiff and technical for the way I like to move on the trails, others are far too Gorpcore in style, and quite a lot of shoes meant for muddy trails are inexplicably white.
