My FiveFingers – Vibram, FiveFingers, Toe Shoes, Minimalist Shoes

A few months ago we shared the story of a team of developers and an author creating a post-apocalyptic game for mobile phones that used your running efforts as a main component of the adventure. The developers utilized Kickstarter to raise over $72k in funds to create the game Zombies, Run! The team didn’t waste [...]

SKORA is a newer shoe manufacturer that focuses on building shoes for runners, by runners. The company was founded in 2008, and while they’ve been around for a few years, my first experience with the brand was when they sent us a pair of their SKORA Base running shoe to try out. SKORA has a [...]

The team here at MyFiveFingers.com is always thankful to the organizations and companies that sponsor this site and help us continue to grow the community. We wanted to highlight one of our recent sponsors, Farmboylogic.com, and invited their founder to share the story behind his change and foundation of their company. Meet Patrick Smith, Co-founder [...]

While reading The Long Run by Mishka Shubaly, I saw his reference to running in FiveFingers and other minimalist shoes but noticed that he didn’t describe his thoughts or experience with them.  Last week we reached out to Mishka and invited him to share his thoughts about Vibram FiveFingers.  Mishka was kind enough to put together [...]

One of the best parts of Vibram FiveFingers is how they have helped so many people change their lives.  We love hearing of  how people discovered FiveFingers and the impact they have had. The stories are often unique and interesting, so we decided that we wanted to highlight more of these and share them with [...]

While traveling to Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2012 last month I decided that I’d spend my time on my flights to SLC reading some running related material. I had just recently purchased a Kindle Fire and brought it along for the trip. While waiting for my flight to board I quickly found the $1.99 section [...]

One thing I love about trade shows is finding new or innovative products from start-up companies. One such product that I came across at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2012 was Runnur. Runnur is essentially a small backpack that is perfect for carrying around the items that usually take up a ton of space in your [...]

Day 2 was just as interesting and busy at Outdoor Retailers Winter Market 2012 as opening day. We were able to make our way around to a number of different booths and check out what next year has to offer from companies like injinji, Teva, Adiddas, and even snap a few more pictures of Vibram’s [...]

After spending the day walking around the Outdoor Retailer 2012 trade show and talking with a number of different shoe manufacturers, I’ve noticed that Vibram is not only featured in their own booth, but also in the booths of others, including New Balance and Merrell. Additionally, there are a number of hiking boot manufacturers that [...]

Every year some of the largest brands share their upcoming product lines at a few trade shows around the country. One of these major trade shows is Outdoor Retailer Winter Market which is held yearly in Salt Lake City, Utah. We made the trip out this year to get the latest news on upcoming products [...]