... and I'm not talking about fashion... My VFF are temperature hot. I started running barefoot in March (abiut 3 months ago). I live in southern california. Until recently the weather has been moderate, but last week the temperature was creeping up to almost 90. My lunchtime route consists of about 2 miles concrete, 1 mile bike path and 200 yards blacktop. My bare feet were getting pretty warm by the end of the run so I dug out my VFF sprints (circa 2008) and ran in those the other day. But the black rubber soles of the VFF retained the road heat and it was actually worse than running barefoot!!
Do any of you VFF users have similar problems of having a hot shoe that is almost unbearable? Obviously I do not have this problem if I run in the morning or evening - just mid-day runs with the VFF. Do other models (like Bikila or some model that has non-black soles) fix the "hot foot" problem that I'm experiencing?
Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom,
-steve
(I thought about chaning my name to "barefoot steve" after watching the youtube video "I am a Barefoot Runner"...;-)
Do any of you VFF users have similar problems of having a hot shoe that is almost unbearable? Obviously I do not have this problem if I run in the morning or evening - just mid-day runs with the VFF. Do other models (like Bikila or some model that has non-black soles) fix the "hot foot" problem that I'm experiencing?
Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom,
-steve
(I thought about chaning my name to "barefoot steve" after watching the youtube video "I am a Barefoot Runner"...;-)