First of all, the color is amazing and dark enough that I won't care about mud (these will be trekking the white mountains of NH this year). Secondly, I've been "breaking them in" for a week...only my feet have had zero complaints, which means it may have been unnecessary.

These are my second pair of Keens, and if these are anything like my first, they'll be part of the beginning of a life-long journey of customer satisfaction :)