My wife will be running outside this winter and has only run true skin to the ground barefoot so far.
She knows she'll be running in temps colder than her personal minimums so is looking for min shoes.
I recommended Feel Max Pankas, water shoes, or socks since all of her runs will be 5K or less, and even then only a couple of times a week.
Problem is.........she's a woman. So when cruising through Zappos site she gets sucked in by "cute" and as long as a pair is described as zero drop or lite she forgets about all the other factors that allow a shoe to function closer to barefoot-like than is typical.
She knows better............one of our sons purchased Merrell True Gloves when they first came out, and she realizes there is not much at all "barefoot" about them with exception of the name.
He put a total of three miles on them on a dusty trail and they've been in his closet ever since.
If anybody wants them.........U.S. men's 8 1/2 .
So..............
Any suggestions on a shoe that is maybe just a notch above something like a Feel Max Panka but looks like a woman's shoe? I'd hate to have her blow out her knees again all in the name of stylin' for her students.
Thanks for any suggestions you may have.
She knows she'll be running in temps colder than her personal minimums so is looking for min shoes.
I recommended Feel Max Pankas, water shoes, or socks since all of her runs will be 5K or less, and even then only a couple of times a week.
Problem is.........she's a woman. So when cruising through Zappos site she gets sucked in by "cute" and as long as a pair is described as zero drop or lite she forgets about all the other factors that allow a shoe to function closer to barefoot-like than is typical.
She knows better............one of our sons purchased Merrell True Gloves when they first came out, and she realizes there is not much at all "barefoot" about them with exception of the name.
He put a total of three miles on them on a dusty trail and they've been in his closet ever since.
If anybody wants them.........U.S. men's 8 1/2 .
So..............
Any suggestions on a shoe that is maybe just a notch above something like a Feel Max Panka but looks like a woman's shoe? I'd hate to have her blow out her knees again all in the name of stylin' for her students.
Thanks for any suggestions you may have.