Jul

22

I recently got a pair of the Five finger shoes after reading Born to Run. I have never been able to run much at all: shoes didn't fit, feet, shins hurt, back hurt. The only time I remember running was in high school/college soccer, and cleats had no heels. The Five Finger shoes are comfortable and allow me to just run and run. It's very interesting. The calves get a bit more tired. The running mechanics are much different. There's no don't heel strike, rather the foot rolls down outside along toes and spread along ball in a rolling motion. The run feels more like a rolling shuffle than a stride. I've heard American Indians ran long distances like this with moccasins.

I've ordered a pair of custom made shoes from Russel Moccasins, they are Safari Boots and will be interested to get them. Takes five months for them to make the last and custom sew them. I've never had a pair of shoes fit right with flat feet, left foot bigger, wide toes. I can't see why now with 3d imaging a guy can't scan his foot, send computer file to to China, have the computer adjusted foot model push out slabs or pins to identically model the foot, and cut then sew a pair of custom shoes. Why not clothes for that matter? They might be hand sewn, but the pattern could be computer laser cut to fit.


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