Comments on: Vibram Fivefingers Running: Random Thoughts from a Part-Time VFF Runner https://runblogger.com/2010/04/vibram-fivefingers-running-random.html Running Shoes, Gear Reviews, and Posts on the Science of the Sport Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2010/04/vibram-fivefingers-running-random.html#comment-355577924 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=692#comment-355577924 In reply to SpringBak.

Great to hear that you’ve found something that makes running fun again, that’s what it’s all about. definitely be careful and go slow for the first few months – injury risk is higher during transition, but calf pain will typically subside as you adapt.
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]]> By: icosahedron https://runblogger.com/2010/04/vibram-fivefingers-running-random.html#comment-44153218 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=692#comment-44153218 I agree with your last point. I’ve had issues with my feet since running in the Vibrams. I think I went too far too fast and had to stop for a while from a stress fracture in my left foot. Just now starting to get back into it.

I would also recommend that people run on trails or softer ground than asphalt or concrete their first few months of running in Vibrams.

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2010/04/vibram-fivefingers-running-random.html#comment-103674507 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=692#comment-103674507 In reply to anonymous.

For cold rain and snow I avoid Vibrams and go with something more
protective. However, if it’s just cold, I have found the Vibrams to
work fine, particularly if I add Injinji socks.

Pete

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]]> By: anonymous https://runblogger.com/2010/04/vibram-fivefingers-running-random.html#comment-103632304 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=692#comment-103632304 I just started running a few months ago; I started running in my KSOs during the summer and fell in love with running. I live in Chicago and have gone for a few runs since its started to get colder, and my feet have been fine. However, the other day it was raining and about 34 degrees, and I turned back after half a mile. What has your experience been with running in the cold rain or snow?

]]> By: SpringBak https://runblogger.com/2010/04/vibram-fivefingers-running-random.html#comment-355514820 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=692#comment-355514820 Ay yi yi easing into them is a major issue.  While initially I admittedly went too fast and far my first run in them, the four runs since then have been an up and down experience.  I had to stop my latest run at 1.5 miles because of bad pain in my right calf.  So it’s still a work in progress.

That said, the switch to vibrams has been a liberating experience.  My entire life I’ve naturally run on the balls of my feet, not my heels.  Some of my friends speculated that was why I was a fast sprinter.  I even walked around my house as a kid on my toes, and my wife still occasionally catches me doing it today (it’s a kick when I catch my own two young boys doing it, too).

After hating long distance running my entire life, but then having to quit rugby, I had to take up distance running just to stay in shape.  I eventually learned to heel-toe in the last 5 years, which seemed completely unnatural to me, and not without knee pain that prevented me from running more than 2 times a week.  I was diagnosed an “overpronator” and got inserts, but the truth is I’ve had flat feet my entire life, so it never made sense to me that NOW I needed something to straighten out my feet.

I am really, really looking forward to getting past the calf pain and running in the vibrams on a more regular basis.  I feel like the societal norms of running have caught up with my natural way.  I’m a freak no more!

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