Previous posts have outlined my design and performance for over-shoe gaiters. These have worked out quite well under extreme circumstances, in fact I used the same pair of gaiters for both my 2013 MDS run and my 2014 Grand-to-Grand participation (this event also having large amounts of sand) along with various training runs and a trail marathon.
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| Bataan Memorial Death March 2013 |
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| 2013 MDS |
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| 2014 Grand-to-Grand |
In total this equated to over 350 miles of very hard use. Some peoples shoes don't last that long! Towards the end of the Grand-to-Grand the front end of the gaiters began to show some wear and fraying. This was to be expected and was the main reason I went with a more rugged material for the lower portions. With the rest of the gaiter in such good shape I decided to modify the design slightly for further use. The obvious and simple solution was to add a small leather patch to the nose of the gaiter to take the beating that inevitably occurs there.
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| Modified with leather toe cap |
This modification only added a small amount of weight but should extend the life of the gaiter by at least two. Look for them in Morocco next year!
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