Kenney my coworker has been talking about the Vibram 5 fingers for a while now. He's a pretty serious runner and keeps up with the running trends. One of the trends is the benefits of running barefoot, and the Vibram 5 finger is trying to simulate barefoot running as much as possible. I always walk around barefoot at home and kendo is also always barefoot, but I was still kind of interested.
So yesterday afternoon during lunch we went down to Palo Alto to Zombie Runners to try them out. I wasn't sure if I would like them, but neither of us could take them off after having them on. And in fact both of us wore them out of the store. Kenney even threw away the shoes he was originally wearing since they were worn down quite a bit already! I think I'm going to try a little running and core work w/ them this weekend.
The picture is of our feet after coming back to the office. I'm the one w/ white pants.
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Hey Sain, this is Hieu. I remember reading up on the VFFs. I told Alice about them but she said she wouldn't walk around with me if she saw me wearing them >.>
How do they fit? I was actually looking at getting a pair for running.
Hey Hieu. I haven't tried running w/ them yet, so I can't really comment on that. They feel like they'll be fun to run in though. Especially windy trail running.
They fit really well. Feels like you're wearing socks. Definitely get them fitted in person. The only complaint/adjustment I have is my pinky and ring toes feel a bit cramped, like they're always bent. I think the problem is I feel like I should be able to fully spread out my toes, but that's not truly the case because of the rigid sole on the bottom.
I think it will really depend on how much you're used to being barefoot. You probably want to just walk around in them for a while to get used to it. I didn't have any problems, but my coworker said he was sore by the end of the first day from just walking around. But he recovered quickly by the next day and went running in his regular running shoes. Running in the VFFs could be a different story though...
nice toes :)
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