VFF KSOs are not what I would call invisible, but I have not had very many people ask about them. Of course, I do not see all that many people while out in them, but they do get stares when they are noticed!
I have been doing well in the VFFs but had a rough time the last 3 miler I did in them. I had to stop and stretch my feet after the first 1.5 because of pain across the metatarsals... my old nemisis... After the second 1.5 I had to get them off! Then the Injinji socks were off and I did 1/4 mile barefoot. That helped get them back to normal, but scares me a bit about the VFFs! I planned to do 6 miles that day and just couldn't finish. Luckily, I have put in a few runs in them with no problems. I do better in them on gravel paths... you get a massage while you run! Maybe I just did not get them on right. My time was back to the over 16 range, but with the pain I was happy with not being over 17! I had no residual pain the next day, so I guess they are right about listening to your body!
In the mean time I found a site about Invisible Shoes! It is a site that sells sized huaraches, custom huarache kits, and materials for making your own. I have been experimenting to find a way to permanently tie the strap so that you do not need to tie them on every time you wear them. The guy on the site had a great design, so my conveyor belt huaraches are tied for the last time I think! They felt good on a nice 5 minute trial run. I will watch to see if the heal strap stays up. Traditional huarache tieing has the same kind of strap placement but I slip one ankle loop through it to keep it up. This actually is a problem with my method because it pulls the straps down onto the ankle joint, which is bad tieing form. Maybe this will improve my traditional tieing as well! This is a much better plan for the kids huaraches too, I do not think they would have liked tieing them on every time! The site has also has instructional videos and reviews by several customers. http://www.invisibleshoe.com/
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