Does anyone with slight over-pronation wear these? I read on their site that they recommended seeing your doctor before purchasing to see if they'd be okay for your foot type.
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The return of barefoot running....now with Five Fingers!
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RussBow6
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exactly. consider yourself hooked haha
its just weird retraining your body to run the right way. i've been running heel to toe for 23 years. when i get tired i still break down and find myself getting lazy and going back to heel strike. but now at least i'm aware of it and its always in the back of my mind.
yeah thats why the vibrams are so good. the rubber will protect the bottom of your feet but still fits like a glove to get that whole foot feel. and it works out the whole foot... you'll be amazed at how sore your feet can get... finding muscles you never knew existed.
haha you are hooked too. might as well just buy a pair now and get it over with...
These look ridiculous. I'm interested.
phrogpilot73
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According to Vibram's website, there's two locations down here...
GSS Gear
1569 Diamond Springs Road Suite C
Virginia Beach, VA,
23455
757-227-6757
Wild River Outfitters
3636 VA Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA, US
23452
757-431-8566
I like being barefoot... I might check 'em out.
Wild River Outfitters must be a new one. I was just there last week and didn't see any Five Fingers there. I'd highly recommend GSS. Friendly, helpful staff and the military discount. Plus, they have all sorts of other SEAL oriented tactical stuff that you can ogle.
MasterBates
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But do they come in size 17E?
How is the impact with these things? I just feel like stress fractures could become a real possibility with high volume training on pavement.
I haven't noticed anything bad yet. Like others have said, they make you run on your toes, which is supposed to be better.
RussBow6
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yeah the whole point is to get you off your heels. if you start running on your toes without loading your joints then stress fractures, shin splints, lower back soreness, etc... all goes away. its like magic... only its hard work and very awkward to start.
i like being barefoot too. you feel like your in so much more control and "in touch" with what your feet are doing. weird to explain but you'll see what i mean when you try it. just go easy when you first try them. you will get sore. i remember i ran a 5k in them the first time i wore em and i had the biggest blister on the balls of my feet and my calves were so sore i couldnt walk right for a little while. i wish that on none of you
I'll just add to the choir here by saying that I had ordered a pair last night without even seeing this article. I've slowly been trying the Nike Free 5.0 (v4) intermixed with my normal gym treadmill running (I hate running in the humidity down in Corpus). Anyway, I've started to run a 1/2 mile with just socks on the treadmill after my normal run. My calves really burn afterward from the increase in midfoot/toe strikes versus my normal heel strike. The book Born to Run got me interested in the Vibram FiveFingers and I'll be wearing them as soon as I get them.* I hate running, but this definitely makes the run different.
*Apparently Vibram doesn't know what to do with itself. When Born to Run started selling, more and more people started buying. Pretty soon they found themselves not having enough product for the demand. I tried to order a pair of KSOs last week and could not find my size (a meager 41) at any online store. Well they are available on the Vibram website this week. Meanwhile, the female versions of the "shoe" are few and far between. I'm guessing that Vibram is in the process of producing a whole heck of a lot more.
*Apparently Vibram doesn't know what to do with itself. When Born to Run started selling, more and more people started buying. Pretty soon they found themselves not having enough product for the demand. I tried to order a pair of KSOs last week and could not find my size (a meager 41) at any online store. Well they are available on the Vibram website this week. Meanwhile, the female versions of the "shoe" are few and far between. I'm guessing that Vibram is in the process of producing a whole heck of a lot more.
That's going to depend on the doctor you see. Certain more "noveau" types will tell you they're great and they'll train your foot to run the way it's meant to. As a result they'll recommend it to anybody to use. Less bleeding edge docs will recommend the old style.
That's the point. The impact, once you have the correct technique, is minimal. You'll feel really weird at first, and it will take some getting used to. While YMMV, I was ordered to only run about 15% of my max with the "ball of the foot style" and build from there to become accustomed. Since then my shinsplints have faded, and I increased my ability to run from 2 miles to 6 regularly. The only risk is increased stress on your ankle muscles while they learn to deal with increased balance demands.
I recommend the technique especially if you're of a more heavy build. We're the ones that seem to suffer running injuries more readily (Ex: 5'10, 190ish)
That all said, I still wear regular running shoes to protect from laceration because I'm paranoid about that.
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I just did some interval training two days ago with my FiveFingers on the track. My calves are killing me right now because like you guys said, you have to run on the balls of your feet. I do have to say, barefoot running makes a lot of sense though. If you think about it, why are our calves so much bigger than our shins??