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  • Barefoot Shoes and Socks

    Barefoot Shoes and Socks

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I am going to write about something a little different. A few days ago I saw a child with a huge hole in at least one sock and I commented "for once you’re the one with holes in your socks, rather than me. Usually I do have holes in my socks,…

  • Trail Glove 7 After 440 Kilometres

    Trail Glove 7 After 440 Kilometres

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSince the 7th of May 2023 I have been wearing Trail Glove 7 Shoes for most of my walks. During this time I have walked in towns, villages, fields, the mountains and more. They have felt comfortable for almost all of this walking. As I am not familiar with this type of…

  • The Pure Freedom of Meindl Shoes For Cycling

    The Pure Freedom of Meindl Shoes For Cycling

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesWithin the last month I considered updating my cycling shoes, until I saw the price of cycling shoes, even in Decathlon. I saw how expensive they are so I lost interest in them. Barefoot shoes are great because they’re light and easy to transport. The problem that I find with ‘barefoot’ shoes…

  • One Hundred and thirty Two Kilometres in Trail Gloves

    One Hundred and thirty Two Kilometres in Trail Gloves

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn theory shoes are meant to last for eight hundred kilometres before they need to be replaced. I am now one eighth of the way towards needing to replace my Trail Gloves. In theory.  In practice the left shoe is worn and the tread is gone, in two spots. The toes, where…

  • Twenty Seven Thousand Steps in BareFoot Shoes

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago I took twenty seven thousand steps in barefoot shoes. My feet did not suffer at all from walking that far in such shoes. I did some of that walking in the vapor gloves and the rest in the Trail Gloves. The beauty of barefoot walking is that you…

  • Hiking in the Jura in Minimal Shoes

    Hiking in the Jura in Minimal Shoes

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went for a short walk in the Jura with minimal shoes and I felt fine. The shoes, despite being thin soled, felt fine on the dry dirt paths. They do get wet when walking in dew covered grass but that’s what you would expect so that’s acceptable.  When you’re wearing…

  • Walking “Barefoot” with The Vapor Glove 6

    Walking “Barefoot” with The Vapor Glove 6

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesMost shoes are designed to protect the heel with a cushion of air or material that absorbs heel strikes, before they are transmitted to the rest of the skeletal system. With barefoot shoes, especially the Vapor Glove 6 those heel strikes are not absorbed. You feel the force with which your heel…

  • Seventy Kilometres Later – Adapting to Barefoot Shoes

    Seventy Kilometres Later – Adapting to Barefoot Shoes

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI walk from three to fie million steps per year. In doing so I wear through shoes and through socks every six months or less. It makes sense that I would experiment with barefoot shoes since I spend so much time walking.  The Experience Initially I tried the Vapor Glove 6 and…

  • Barefoot Shoes and Cycling

    Barefoot Shoes and Cycling

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I swapped the clip-less pedals for flat pedals and yesterday I decided to try the pedals on a bike ride. I went for a 74.91km ride with pedals I had never used and shoes I had never worn for cycling. I cycled for almost 75 kilometres with Merrel Vapor Glove 6.…

  • Vapor and Trail Gloves After Twenty Kilometres

    Vapor and Trail Gloves After Twenty Kilometres

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesThe easiest sport to practice every day is walking. We can walk to the bus stop, train station or other places every single day. We can walk in the morning, we can walk at the shops, and we can walk at lunch time or in the evening. All of these walking opportunities…