Who among you runs long distance in Vibram FiveFingers? I'm looking for model recommendations. I absolutely love my KSO Evo, and it's the best shoe I've ever run in, but I've found that I can put barely 300 kilometres' worth of training on them before the sole wears through.
@xahteiwi
I know you're asking about Vibram and I'm diverting a little. Since you talk about sole toughness and minimal footwear, have you considered Xero shoes?
I've been training (and walking and everything) solely in them for almost a year now and it has been fantastic.
They have a 5000 miles warranty on their soles.
@fo Ooooooh excellent tangent! I looked into their products a while ago but then they wandered out of my sights. Do you run in the huaraches they originally started out with (if I remember correctly), or in closed shoes?
@xahteiwi I run exclusively in closed shoes, but it really is a personal preference. On my marathon, at the end, I crossed path with a runner, running with their sandals, so it can be done!
Their shoes includes straps (inside the shoe cover, look at black straps in photo) resembling huarache style. (make sense??)
I run in their HFS: https://xeroshoes.com/shop/shoes/hfs-men-clr/. It is in clearance right now because they launched a second version (I’ll let you compare if it's something you're interested in).
@fo Turns out they're just having a clearance sale on their Genesis huaraches, and my size is still available, and they're under € 50 including shipping, and it's beginning to get warmer again here so running with skin exposed won't be an issue for much longer, so I'll give them a go. Thanks for the reminder!
@ShrikeTron I do realise that the KSO Evo is intended for training and fitness (as in, you'd wear it to the gym, rather than on the trail). Other FiveFingers should last about twice as long.
@xahteiwi I run marathons. Currently rocking the V-Run but have had several, including Bikila. Tbh, I have the same wear issue as you. But I cheat and periodically paint on a new sole with shoe goo and I generally now get about 1200 k.
@binford2k Huh! I have no objections whatever to extending the shoes' longevity, rather than replacing them. What product do you use to repaint the sole?
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