A Passion for Running

Comment by Pamalamadingdong

Tuesday April 25, 2006 @

my knees ache just thinking about those shoes (over pronator)
also it is safe to loose two lbs a week so i think you”re ok

Comment by jkrunning

Tuesday April 25, 2006 @

I’m sorry, I just can’t get over how funny those shoes look!! Any chance of you wearing them with your skirt??

4 lbs. in 4 weeks is so not excessive. A healthy goal is to lose 1-2 lbs. per week. You are right on track.

Comment by jeanne

Wednesday April 26, 2006 @

If you are trying to lose weight, 1 lb a week is perfect. If you are losing 1 lb a week and NOT trying to lose it, then you have a problem.

those are some funny-looking shoes!

Comment by beverly

Wednesday April 26, 2006 @

Look at you, just musing about losing weight and it’s dropping off like flies. Can I kick you … is there a kick button??

About those shoes … would they be able to keep your feet warmer at all, ie. so you could extend the barefoot season in Alberta?

Comment by runr53

Wednesday April 26, 2006 @

First a question, Do you have to wear toe socks with those, to keep the rubber from sticking to the skin? Second, I don’t care what Vibram calls em, they are not “shoes” and you should berate them as much as you did Nike and New Balance, in the interest of fairness and all!

Comment by Mark

Wednesday April 26, 2006 @

Hey Russ,

Nope. No socks. They actually do have an insole - a very thin, durable insole.

With regard to berating them, I won’t because of how they differ from Nike and the New Balance ad I was critical of:

First, Nike: The reason I was critical of Nike is because they tout the Nike Free as a barefoot shoe that is better than being barefoot and I can assure you - it is not. It is a terrible shoe with a big clunky heel. It is extremely poorly designed for a company saying it EMULATES/COMES CLOSE TO barefooting.

Vibram: This shoe is DAMN close to being barefoot. It is not a traditional shoe like the ones the big companies like Nike have made for over 20 years. It is a MINIMALIST shoe that DOES emulate/come close to barefooting.

New Balance: My critique of the New Balance ad wasn’t really against the shoe as much as it was the portrayal of running form in the ad. In the ad, they showed a barefoot runner HEEL STRIKING and that just AIN’T gonna happen. Noone who runs barefoot will heel strike for more than 20 feet. The problem I have with the portrayal is it is being used as the basis for selling a structured shoe. If they want to show heel striking, they should show it while being done in a shoe. In other words, the heel striking they showed in that ad have nothing to do with barefoot running and is a misrepresentation, in my humble opinion.

Comments?

Thanks Russ.

Comment by Mark

Wednesday April 26, 2006 @

Russ,

i think it might be important for me to state that I am not opposed to any particular kind of shoe. what I am opposed to is the apparent misrepresentation I’ve been seeing in products and advertising.

Also, it’s important to note that I reviewed this shoe as a barefoot/minimalist shoe.

Mark

Comment by Kate

Wednesday April 26, 2006 @

Can you really run in those shoes? I just saw them for the first time the other day, and I thought about white water rafting, but running?

Comment by Maria

Wednesday July 05, 2006 @

What do you think the Fivefingers could do for overpronation? I walk rather than run and love to be barefoot. Always thought of and tried corrective shoes and insoles without much success.

Thanks,
Maria