"Most of the athletes I'll be competing with," he toldNew York Times before Vancouver, "have been doing the sport since they were born. They train full time and have 24/7 coaching. That's a whole different lifestyle. That's why you can send your shoes back to Alden or Allen Edmonds (or any of the good UK shoemakers, but they're in the UK and you are not) for 'recrafting', which renews the sole and the 'sock' of leather inside the shoe. But in general, as long as you care for your shoes and get them resoled as needed, you don't have to have them fully recrafted. A caution: don't wear your good shoes until there is a big ol' hole in the sole/until that base layer is worn through.

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