Comments on: 3 differences between Minimalist Shoes vs Barefoot

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:21:17 +0000

Fantastic for you! Glad to hear the pain has disappeared.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:52:19 +0000

I’ve been suffering with a knee injury for several years now. Because my orthopedic surgeon could not give me a diagnosis, he told me it was probably just a “bone bruise” and I needed to stay away from running for six months. That’s hard to do when you are in the Army Reserves and have to maintain good physical fitness! I read an article on barefoot running and the benefits to feet, ankles and knees. I decided to try a pair of Vibram Five Fingers and it was wonderful. I started running with them slowly, but pretty soon I was using them everywhere, even just to walk around the mall. They soon wore out and I’m now on my second pair. I wanted to wear more of a miminalist shoe at work, too, so I also bought a pair of Merrells. I like them because they look more like real tennis shoes and I can get away with wearing them with scrubs. But I’m not sure they give me the same support as the VFF. Still, I’m enjoying the minimalist lifestyle (without going totally barefoot) and my knee hardly ever gives me trouble now!

By: Werner

Werner — Sun, 01 May 2011 21:42:23 +0000

I bought the Walmart Aqua socks for $7 and I got 2 pairs. I enjoy racewalking in them and they give just enough protection from the asphalt and concrete I run on. But on one pair, the uppers fell apart after 2 days, the other pair seems to be holding up ok for now. But yesterday, I found some Aqua socks at Big Lots store here locally and they only cost $5. The uppers are a much better quality and I hope the soles will last longer. At this price, if I can get 200 miles out of a pair, I’ll be happy. I bought 4 pairs .. 2 are red and 2 are blue. If our Big Lots store gets more of these Aqua socks, I’ll buy those too … LOL.

By: Ian Kola

Ian Kola — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:37:08 +0000

I’ve found that running in five fingers doesn’t need to stop come the snow and cold. I’ve been running in 15 degree and colder temperatures here in Burlington, VT and it’s been perfectly fine. I use the Flows with knee high injinji socks. Snow, packed or fluffy is perfectly fine but it’s the slush combined with cold temps that really does it. It was 28 degrees when I did my nine miler today, so warm that i ditched the socks! refreshing! I’m training for the Vermont City Marathon, May 29th. I’ll probably run it in my five fingers as they are all I run in.

By: Chris Lewis

Chris Lewis — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:45:23 +0000

I’ve been running in the Vibram KSO Treks since Decemeber 2009 and training and running in Nike Frees since they came out. I never knew what the minimalist movement was or how much minimalists deal with until I deployed to Afghanistan in Jan of this year. Since day one hear I have gotten, “those aren’t running shoes”, “you know those aren’t authorized, right?” and a host of other comments. The thing that know seems to understand is that they are “commerical running shoes”. They are different but they offer outstanding results. I’ve shaved almost 8minutes off my 5 mile run time since starting a routine in April. That coupled with the fact I had to over come a 4,000 ft elevation change should put the naysayers to rest.