Agreed. I'm hooked on pure barefoot and the regular VFFs, so I was hesitant to get the Treks, not least because it's harder to maintain the correct gait even in regular VFFs than barefoot.Originally Posted by runningfool
I was struck by Anton Krupicka's treatise on minimal footwear; as a top trail ultrarunner with an impeccable gait who runs a lot of training miles barefoot, he ended up reluctantly concluding that he needed trail shoes:
"Well, because I've found that running on rocky trails does indeed require a bit of protection, too, if I want to be able to run as fast as I possibly can over that terrain. Up until July of 2006 I was doing all of my running barefoot, in water socks, or in the H Streets or some XC flats."
I certainly run faster over rough ground in the Treks, so I guess I've traded off feel for speed, just as I think many barefoot runners use thin VFFs to go faster on certain rough surfaces.
It's an interesting time to have feet. :-)
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