mastertangler wrote on Dec 25^th, 2010 at 9:40pm:

For about the last week I have incorporated a daily 2 mile hike with my pack and bags into my workout regime. (Knee is doing fantastic but I digress) Today I decided to run the OTB boots instead of my regular hiking boots. Might as well break them in a bit and see how they feel......... No break in required for me, they felt great. I am suspicious however, as to how they are going to hold up. I will probably bring some parachute cord just in case they fall apart. It seems to me the cord locks are going to perform as ST advertised. The key being DD's admonition to tie a bow knot above them. They never came untied or loosened during todays hike. Usually I test something longer before proffering it in a positive light but today, along with DD's having run some 200 miles this way, is good enough for me. You can omit the first step of crossing the laces BTW, this just makes them harder to untie. Just a simple bow or some other tie that is easily undone should suffice to keep the locks from creeping on the slick narrow laces of the OTB boots. [smiley=thumbup.gif]

I thought I would update my results with the cordlocks. Super. Even with the slippery thin surface of the OTB boots they have yet to come untied. The trick as per DD's suggestion is to tie a simple bow above the lock omitting the first step of crossing the laces. This prevents the locks from loosening.

By cutting out the fresh baked bread ;) and sugar I am down from 207 to 198 in a hurry. Today I felt, just for an instant mind you, some of the old swagger. How cool would that be to get just a little bit of that back! :)