So we just had a great snow here in Denver. I had an idea this morning (actually have had it for a while and just needed the opportunity) and decided to give it a shot. I am often one to throw caution and conventional thinking to the wind to try something. Today I gave my Vibram Five Finger running shoes a go in snow. For those unfamiliar they are the goofy shoes that have individual toes and are designed to offer a near bare foot type of running. Yep, I wanted to see if they would work on snow. After all, fingers warm up while running, shouldn't toes? Here's what I learned today on a mile run in my Vibrams:- Running barefoot on snow is exciting and feels great at first.
- Lesson one does not last long.
- When the toes go numb, it is less ideal that they are separate.
- Once lesson 3 is discovered, getting home can not happen fast enough.
- Toes are not like fingers, they never magically start warming up.
- Getting frozen toes out of said shoes is hard and requires a bathtub with luke warm water.
- While there is a strong urge to throw the shoes after 20 minute effort to get them off, the laugh ability of what you just tried is almost worth it.
1 comment:
If you are wearing shoes, no matter how thin, you are not barefoot. 'Barefoot' implies you are barefoot. You are just wearing shoes with toes.
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