Vibram Fivefingers Anyone???

Christopher McDougall's Born to Run - personal message to inov-8 head designer

A good friend of mine is about to race a marathon in his FiveFingers - looking for sub 3hrs!!

Good for him.

Has he been using them long? I've heard of quite a few people who have tried to run too far, too fast and too early. Ended up with bone fractures etc. I've been using mine for 6 months now and although I can run long distance off road, on road I can only run up to 10 miles.

Good luck to him though!

Will keep you posted... I think he's entered Berlin.

I just ran the Peris Half Horseshoe in a pair of Flows, with mixed results. Ive written an account of it here.

I think it's all about the new Vibram Five Finger Treks - mine are due to arrive in October...

I posted this on the Training thread but why not here as well.

The Leadville 100 in VFFs. :eek:

http://barefootted.com/

I completed 2 marathons in FiveFingers KSO....

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Originally Posted by Fat-Lad

The company that makes them that the sole is very durable and the "shoe as a whole should last a long time".

Because they are more often than not left in the cupboard:D

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I have done all my LSD training sessions in the range of 20 km to 35 km - while training for my last 2 marathons - with VFF KSO. Would you say I left them in the cupboard? :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by nikalas

Having just finished Born to Run i'm off to Naked Ape tomorrow morning to get fitted for Fivefingers.... Am going to be writing an article about my experience of them and the whole barefoot revolution thing. Would be great to get some quotes from some other folk who've used them. I'm particularly interested in anyone who'd suffered from classic running injuries in the past (PF, Runner's Knee, Achilles Tendonitis etc) and has found "going natural" a help. PM me

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I was dealing with IT Band syndrome while I was training for my 1st marathon and the only one I did shod... Since I transitioned to barefoot and minimalist solutions (VFF, huaraches, light racer flat) I got rid of ITBS.

I will never do a marathon with anything less minimalist than the lightest racer flat available ( Mizuno Wave Universe, Asics Piranha SP...). And for distances of half marathon or shorter I can go barefoot. I still have to see what I can do in mountains... :D

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Originally Posted by Skids

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Having had problems finding a pair of fell shoes that fit my very wide, high arched feet, I now find out they're probably ideally suited to this sort of running :)
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I have good news for you. I went half a US size down as my feet got stronger. I was using bulky trainer US 9 size and I can fit in 8 1/2 flat racers now. :D