My FiveFingers

Abebe Bikila won the Gold medal in the the Olympic Marathon twice:  first in 1960 in Rome, then in 1964 in Tokyo.  The interesting thing about Mr. Bikila is that he ran the marathon in 1960 completely barefoot.  After the win, Adidas sponsored him, and he ran in 1964 wearing Adidas running shoes. In 2010, […]

Yesterday we had a marriage proposal in FiveFingers, today we have a wedding!  MyFiveFingers.com reader Linzi wrote in to say:  My husband and I are both big into running and wanted to find a way to incorporate that into our July Wedding. Well he came up with the idea for me and all his groomsmen […]

Reader Kevin Williams sent this in: Okay so this is a still frame from the video I took proposing to my now fiancé. You can see the backs of my Bikila’s as I pop the question! She said “Yes!”.  Congratulations to Kevin and his new fiancé.  Remember to send cool and interesting pics to info@myfivefingers.com!

Last week we published a writeup questioning the practice of Podiatry, the philosophy behind it, and the treatments that many podiatrists prescribe.  This came on the heels of an article being published on WebMD where Dr. Brenner, Podiatrist, called FiveFingers, “The Worst Shoes for Your Feet“. That writeup garnered quite a few passionate responses in the comment section, […]

Add another one to our list of celebrities and notable figures that wear FiveFingers… The list of celebs who wear FiveFingers is really diverse.  Everything from actor Danny Glover to children entertainer’s The Wiggles, athlete Randy Moss and now rockstar Flea! In the screen capture from this video/article on Runner’s World, we see that Flea really […]

The Kindle Fire was announced on Wednesday, September 28th, and while I was watching a few videos to figure out what this whole thing is about, I spotted something familiar on the virtual bookshelf: That book cover looks a whole lot like ‘Born to Run‘, pictured below, dontcha think? The optimist in me wants to believe that […]

If we are writing about a branch of the US military on this site, its usually the Army.  Whether they are banning FiveFingers or endorsing them, they usually keep things interesting in the military space.  However, the US Navy has taken notice of FiveFingers and published an article and a ‘letter to the editor’ in […]

Did you see our post yesterday?  It was about a new study’s findings that runners wearing FiveFingers were more aware of their foot position than runners wearing traditional (thick, padded) running shoes.  Shocker. While doing a little research on that post I found something troubling.  I came across this thread on a Podiatrist’s forum about the study.  One comment […]

File this under “Things Most Of Us Already Believe and Know”, but a recent study found that runners wearing FiveFingers were more aware of the conditions under their feet than runners wearing traditional thick cushioned running shoes. Gasp!  The specific conclusion from the study abstract is: The data support the assumption that with Fivefingers is […]

Apparently FiveFingers are the new “it” item in Hollywood… who knew?  Here is a picture of Thomas Jane at the premier of “Hung”, a TV show he stars in. We know that a lot of people aren’t into this whole celebrity worship stuff… and we aren’t either.  However, we do feel obliged to post these […]