Runners - help needed with lightweight shoes
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Ok, ok, so I read Born to Run and loved it, like a million other people
And I grabbed my garish purple and pink Nike Free 3's, bought as lightweight travel and work shoes, and started running with them, with visions of lightly clad Tarahumara dancing through my head. I do a semi-run commute which is about 70% trail and 30% road, and I'm now at the point where I can comfortably run about 4,5 miles every other day, or 6,5 miles with 2 days off. I cycle the other days.
I'm also at the point where the niggling little things are getting annoying, like the small blisters I get between the same two toes every time, and I can feel that the shoes are getting a bit sloppy. No trouble with knees or anything apart from a little general stiffness that quickly passes.
I'd like to try some other shoes. I really enjoy the lightweight feeling of minimalist shoes, and the contact I have with the ground. What would you recommend? I'd like to try the VFFs, but they look really weird and are fairly expensive here. Are they worth it? Any others you like? I have fairly wide feet and high arches.
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