Be the Smart Follower and let me spend money on shoes and see what might endup being the best minimalist road and trail shoe. :w00t:Originally Posted by molehill
Though I must say I live in Crazy Canuck Land (Quebec province) so I'm not sure my typical Trail Race is close to conditions you have in Fell Races.
You can see what I am doing and with which shoes on my Daily Mile Profile
http://www.dailymile.com/people/bfluc
I bought my first pair of Inov8's about 3 years ago now. Think they're pretty brill - latest pair is the F-lite's 190. These are fabulous (I save them for Sunday best!) but pricey so I train in Roclite's at the mo, given the clarty nature of most of my runs...i.e worrying about weight of shoes seems silly when you end up carrying twice their weight in mud!
Must admit to snapping up the NB Minimus trail as soon as they were available over here - and in terms of fit and feel they are better than anything I;ve ever worn. Seriously utterly wonderful. Sadly only any use in Cumbria in dry summers (yep, guess they'll last then..) cos the 'trail' sole isn't up to anything but nice hardpacked surfaces. Wish NB would bring out a proper fell shoe on the same lines...
Tried the INOV8 Baregrip, but was suprised and dissappointed by the narrow toe-box which seemed to run counter to a lot of minimalist design?
Having traded down over the last few years now towards ever more simple shoes I'm a convert to minimal running shoes. Get to do a bit of barefoot stuff on my local hill and it's great fun, but isn't my aim - even the Taraumara invented soles! For me a sole is to protect my feet from dangerous stuff like stones and thorns and that's it. Everything else is done by the incredible design of the human bean, from feet up... ;o)
would that be a runner bean???
In our case, definitelywould that be a runner bean???
bum! bum! as the old fox used to say.
A contribution to the debate from one of the US's finest, Geoof Roes, in the Ultra context:
http://akrunning.blogspot.com/2011/1...-is-it_29.html
I've just been for a run, nothing special just a trot up a farm track and through a pine plantation. I decided to do the plantation bit in bare feet just to see how it went. The soft, pine needle covered bits were great, the grassy bits were great, but the stony bits bloody hurt, especially if they were going 'downhill'.
I'm just getting back to running so I'm not clocking up big distances yet, and I normally run in Wave Harriers. I have been trying to run as a midfoot striker for a while now, and I'm quite pleased with it so far. However, I haven't particularly noticed any calf pain so I#m wondering if I'm doing it right? I was under the impression that if you run in bare feet you would automatically do it right, as your body compensated. Or maybe I'm not running for long enough? (about 20 minutes in bare feet, today)
Anyway, it feels good so I'll keep on with it! Got some of those vivobarefoot neo trails put away for crimbo..!
20minutes sounds quite a while without shoes p b, especially if you're on the comeback trail. Be careful mate!
Poacher turned game-keeper
Hi DT, definitely on the comeback trail - hopefully get back to headtorchers before too long! I thought 20 mins was a while, but I didn't have any pain at the time (apart from standing on small stones) and my legs feel ok now, a few hours later. Here's hoping it's the way forward, for me at least...
It'd be great to see you on a Wednesday night soon. We've had some real good runs the last few weeks and I'm enjoying my running more than I have for months
Poacher turned game-keeper
I'm a bit conscious of my lack of fitness just at the mo, after ripping me hamstring a while back! Never fear though, it's on the mend and I working at it slowly. Got some big runs to do next year, all being well!
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