really cool sport shoes!

ReddyMcMeaty · really cool sport shoes!

I want!!!
http://barefootted.com/

The pics of the shoes NOT on him can be seen if you scroll down to the very bottom.

Heather

I would love to try some. I love going barefoot. Yup

I was going to buy some new shoes that are very thin and light, these look like they would qualify. Laugh

The shoes I have now are bulky and feel like I am wearing mattresses on my feet. I think I would do better with thinner shoes. Yup

ReddyMcMeaty

What style of running do you do? Before I got pregnant I was really looking at I think it was called Poser method or something http://www.posetech.com/pose_method/technique.html
and it really made a huge difference, I actually enjoyed it hahah. I'm not a runner, I never liked (and still don't) long distance running but I used to run a lot for sports and really really did better in light shoes with a toe strike, it felt better....and I do love to sprint. Right now I wear as flimsy a shoe possible... I'd love to get these shoes and try them out while hiking! I have a lot of problems with hiking books because I have a bony protrustion on the back of my heels which becomes inflamed if shoes rub against it...I've worn right through my current pair of hikers but can't give them up because I'm afraid to buy another pair that I can't wear. DH is all about orthodics and wearing the heaviest sturdiest shoe possible but I started to hike in light shoes last year and liked it. The only thing I dont' htink I could do would be to carry a heavy pack.. at least not yet, not until I was light for my frame. Like if I lost 30 lbs I could carry a 30lb pack.. but couldn't carry one NOW. DH just ordered me a mountain bike 2 days ago, I am really hoping I can squeeze a pair of shoes out of him too soon heheheh.

Heather

ReddyMcMeaty

I basically learned the "technique" by running barefoot in the grass as a cooldown after ultimate frisbee matches. I read about it afterward... and no longer wondered if I would ruin my arches or feet by running in barefeet rather than with arch supports. It's just toe striking, you feel lighter and bouncier.

Heather

I bought some new, thinner, lighter shoes today, and I also tried running pose style and now I have blisters on the bottom edge of both my big toes. Confused

Now I don't know what caused the blisters. Uhhhh.

But my lap times improved. Laugh

Dean

I'm sorry... but, I'm kind of with Meg's DH on this one. Must be the German in me! Laugh

ReddyMcMeaty

I used to be as well. I've always had a lot of foot and arch pain, got some GREAT orthodics several years ago for my hiking boots which made them even more comfortable than I thought possible... BUT I never stopped having problems until I started to go barefoot and unsupported as much as possible, and now, with the exception of wearing boots to hike in, I really hate the feeling of thick or supportive shoes on my feet because I like to feel the ground, it makes me more aware and co-ordinated. I have to say I still agree with the support that boots give your ankles and feet, esp. carrying a heavy pack. However.. my ankles became a lot stronger once I started to hike without support as well!! DH has some awesome meindle boots that he would wear every day to work in NY, for the support etc. because the gravel in the rail road yard was actually just rocks and very difficult to walk over, very easy to turn an ankle on. As a result he became much more prone to ankle injury than he ever had been before. I suppose I think it's best to train with as little support as possible and save the heavy boots for when they're absolutely needed. Just my preference.

Meredith

Those are pretty interesting looking shoes but I wonder how comfortable they are. They would sure get you a lot of looks.

Scout Finch

It must feel a little bizarre at first. Does anybody really have toes that conform to the shape of this "shoe?" I myself have bunions on both feet, and I can imagine it might be uncomfortable to run in shoes that spread the toes, although perhaps there is something podiatrically self-correcting about these things!

Not sure I'd invest, but maybe we'll start seeing more of them around.

ReddyMcMeaty

I had some toe socks, they feel really weird at first but then you don't notice them. I imagine these being the same way, will update when I get them

koch900

Barefooted anything is a lot of fun.

I'm a well-seasoned bare-footer (been doing so for a couple years now), and I absolutely despise most shoes. Those barefoot shoes look good, though.

I have been wearing some modified, $4.00 thrift-store-bought, ridiculously thin sandals for 2 years. They are basically just for show. I run, hop, skip, jump and everything else in them -- although they are falling apart now after several repairs. The tread had holes for a while (until I fixed them w/ leather) that still allowed me to feel the ground as I walked and ran.

I have very high arches on my feet that have been slowly collapsing and regaining strength over the years. Also my toes spread out and now I can grip things with them -- like a chimp! Like Reddy, I only began to heal my feet when I ditched the supports.

Another fun little tidbit is my footwear experimentation during my five months as a Trailwalker for a wilderness therapy program. The job entailed walking the moutainous desert southwest up to 25 miles each week w/ a 40 lb blanket-roll pack. After numerous thrift-store cut-ups, I finally arrived at a bomb-proof, cheap, environmentally savvy way to keep my toes happy: homemade tire sandals! These babies have a tread that are good for thousands of miles. Happy