"Barefoot" Running

[jessmarimba]

Not the shoe I was talking about, but I wouldn't notice the toe box anyway - both too wide on me

I was thinking this one: http://www.newbalance.ca/Product/WR10OG

[indigoiis]

Road Runner is having a good sale on the Saucony Kinveras. They are under the endangered shoe list. Apparently, Saucony came out with a new Kinvera so the older ones are on sale for $67. I ordered a pair. I have wide duck feet too and Saucony's always fit me.

I also have duck feet and short toes. I like my VFFs but on trails I ALWAYS stub a toe, and it hurts like hell. On road they are nice, but I haven't done over 5 miles in them.

I also just bought a pair of Kinveras. They are really nice and light, nice footbed, wide in the front - I think I'm gonna like em!

[colby]

Which ones are you talking about, Colby? The WT101? I'd imagine it's because the shoe is so thin in the forefoot that you couldn't run rocky trails without it. They'd fall apart. After wearing mine for about 5 months (~200 miles?) they feel pretty flexible. But as I have to wear insoles in them to make them fit, I can't really tell you how the shoe itself really feels.

The NB WR10 (the new minimal road shoe), to me, seems pretty similar to the Altra Intuition.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking - the extra reinforcement IS structural.

I am probably going to get some knobby vibrams for running trails, and to do the dirty dash in August. They may not help a huge amount in that quantity of mud, but the regular vibrams will definitely not help in mud

Related, Kayak Shed has 20% off Merrell "Barefoot" shoes right now, http://www.kayakshed.com

[jessmarimba]

What kind of mud? With stickier mud, the knobbier the shoe, the more mud you carry with you, the heavier your shoes get through the race. Just something to think about

[OakLeaf]

Interesting and pretty sensible article about transitioning to barefoot or minimal shoes.

I'm still waiting to try those Intuitions ... backordered 'til they don't know when, it being a really small company whose product has taken off like wildfire. I promise a review whenever I get them!

[sundial]

Speaking of going barefoot, has anyone watched Dual Survivor on the Discovery Channel? Cody walks barefooted everywhere, whether it's in the Amazon jungle, a Louisiana marsh filled with snakes, or on a remote Pacific island.