vibram fivefingers five-toe shoes V-RUN. For positioning training/running, the shoe body has a large number of hollow vents, which is more suitable for summer wear. In winter, you have to wear a pair of toe socks underneath.

vibram fivefingers five-toed shoes V-RUN.

4mm Vi-Lite midsole + 2mm EVA insole + Dri-Lex sock insole, sole thickness 6~8.5mm, 136g. For positioning training/running, the shoe body has a large number of hollow vents, which is more suitable for summer wear. In winter, you have to wear a pair of toe socks underneath.

I started trying VFF five-toe shoes in 2013. I bought several pairs of bikila and kso. To be honest, the difference in foot feel was very small (even for cross-country running and indoor training). At that time, five-toe shoes were popular in China. Later, because it was judged that the promotional effect was exaggerated, Vibram Fivefingers lost the lawsuit in the United States and paid a large sum of money, and disappeared for a long time.

Extreme design concepts like five-toed shoes do not make much sense to evaluate. The more niche and extreme the person is, the more likely they are to be violent in their views. Both supporters and opponents will tend to convince each other with their own understandings. If you agree or are curious, you can try it; if you are indifferent or opposed, just leave it alone.

For most people, running shoes with zero drop (usually the drop between the front and rear palms is ≤ 4mm) can already stimulate the small muscles of the feet and legs (especially the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the calves). It may not be necessary to completely abandon cushioning and rely entirely on the body structure to cope with the impact when landing.

Subjective suggestion, if you want to experience the ultimate barefoot feeling, ideally some training in the gym, or running within 40 minutes (preferably on a treadmill or track and field track), then it is not a big problem to try five-toed shoes. I have run up to 15 kilometers in five-toed shoes before, and I felt quite uncomfortable with them for a while. But to be honest, my preferred usage scenario is to wear them for shopping...

This pair of V-RUN should be my fourth pair of five-toe shoes. There is no doubt about the wear resistance of the VFF outsole. What I should worry about more is the glue opening between the upper and the outsole. There were two bikilas that were killed in the battle before. I wanted to clean them thoroughly because they were worn out, but I soaked them in some hot water and they were completely scrapped.

Finally, when many people talk about concepts such as barefoot running, minimalist running shoes, zero drop, etc., they will mention the book "Born to Run" - I admire the author of this book very much, an extreme ultramarathon runner, and I also like the translator Yan Dongdong (R.I.P., a very pure outdoor person). However, this book can be read as a novel. The author has a lot of personal opinions. It is too biased to read it as an academic book on running.