Old is as old does wrote:
My wife saw this at an indoor meet this weekend. She said she saw several warming up and down in them. Were we at the same meet as the OP? If not this maybe a growing fad.....
I also saw a number of runners doing this at an indoor meet this weekend even though it was 20 and snowy out. Seems crazy, but maybe it's a regional thing?
This is how we were all Born To Run. No energy return or carbon fiber. Just as the Greeks ran.
Did they also compete naked? True athletes would
/s
oh the times, they are a changin'
Flavonoid wrote:
gdjhffj wrote:
Tell me about it. I used to go super karate monkey death car.
Lmao
+1 Holy crap I couldn't stop!
if they weren't actually racing in the sandals, I don't see the issue. there's so much talk about shoes these days, especially with the new nikes, but back in my day all we did was run. i'm pretty sure that we all ran in canvas kicks back then, and we were fine. as long as the kids are running, let em be.
Uh oh, looks like about 10 years have passed since the vibrant five fingers peaked in popularity. Letsrun, we might have a resurgence of minimalist running shoes on our hands...prepare yourself for the insufferable questions from your non running friends...
gdjhffj wrote:
itain'tnew wrote:
I used to have to go as hell calf's 2014 and 15 but only like 3 injuries 8 days max worst 1
Tell me about it. I used to go super karate monkey death car.
Oh know, not monkey death car.... you know that leads to hell calf’s. Be careful.
Look at the bright side. At least the kid OP saw and the Converse kid are actually decently fast. No one fast ever ran in five fingers.
At my last trail race (Oct '19), which was on ROUGH trails with ankle/knee deep mud and a lot of rocky / scramble terrain, there was a whole contingent of people running in Luna Origen sandals. I am not sure how well they did as I didn't wait around to see any of them finish, but I'd never seen this phenomenon until then.
Forgot my running shoes, ran 10 miles in Paratrooper boots, no effect whatsoever. Of course very young too...
I once did a 5 miler in these, sometimes after races I'll do a cooldown in them as well.
Surprising amount of bites
8/10
I've been putting in 110 mpw in birkenstocks for the past 2 years, whats the big deal??
I don't know anything about this trend in running footwear, but in answer to the OP's question: Yes, everyone has lost their mind. This did not happen recently.
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What in the AI is going on here?
decades ago i used to sometimes run my warm day shakedown lap after arriving at track meets in adidas soccer sandals. i quit field events after junior high -- though i lusted after javelin in college -- so like i have a few hours to kill and the quality of the shakedown was more to get the lead out after the bus/van ride, then go set up camp to wait for running events.
you then get out the runners/spikes when it's game time. fresh off the bus isn't game time. in college soccer i had separate game day cleats, pumas i found that were an unusually light version of kings. i am not putting mileage on those in practice and i want the switch to flip when i am preparing to hit the line, now it's business. until then it's chill.
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