Vibram Fivefingers Sprint Reviews

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Good Points: - Comfortable
- Great protection and grip
- Improved my sports performance
- Unique!
- Afull range of designs each catering for the needs of different sports.

Bad Points: crazy looking!

General comments: On first glance at Fivefingers technical shoes you ' d be forgiven for thinking you were about to take part in a remake of a 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 'movie. With the separate toe 'pouches 'they look a lot like toe socks, which were all the rage in the late nineties.

My first thought is, ' Oh God! What the hell are these! '

However, on insertion of feet I discover the most comfortable shoe known to man. Maybe it ' s because it ' s kind of how your feet were supposed to feel, back in the days before shoes were invented, when we went hunting, foraging and the like.

So with a somewhat changed opinion and a desire to see what these monkey shoes are made of, I decide to brave the gawks of the public and go get my exercise head on.

On arrival at yoga class I am initially greeted with a few rounds of:

' What are those things on your feet? '

But, after a fifteen minute walk that felt like daisies tickling my soles on a summer ' s walk through a meadow I have grown quite attached to my Fivefingers and prepare to show those naysayers just what they are made of.

The sole of the shoe is made by Vibram, the walking shoe specialists, and you can really tell that they are specially tailored to fit the contours of your feet. It actually feels like you have nothing on, but when you walk around it ' s like gliding on air, your feet are totally supported and comfortable but you still have the same protection as you would wearing shoes.

My yoga postures benefitted too, no sweaty slippery feet across the yoga mat for me, just a perfect, sturdy grip. Also, it was quite clear that my fellow yogatarians were green with envy that my tootsies were toasty warm while theirs were turning an attractive shade of purple in the winter chill.

It did feel a bit wrong doing barefoot activity wearing shoes, but when the benefits are so obvious, who am I to complain?

So hurrah for Fivefingers, you have converted me. Let me be able to see all of my toes every day of the week. Who knows, with the extra freedom of the toes we might become just as nimble with the digits on our feet as the ones on our hands. In fact, who is to say I didn ' t compose this review using merely the agility of my big toes!