My FiveFingers

This is part 2 in a series on transitioning to barefoot running by Christine Skelly.  You can read Part 1 here. It may be a year ago to the day that I found out about VFFs. I had been participating in a campus-wide “Day without Shoes” which if you do not know about, is promoted […]

I’ve heard it said before, that the shrinking of the world began in the 1400’s.  Once Christopher Columbus, Leif Erickson, and other explorers began to tame the oceans, the world began to get smaller.  No longer was staying in your town the only option. You could spend some sheckles, get on a ship, and go […]

Concrete Shoes (Part 1 of 3) My rocky relationship with running began back in high school (which was not oh so long ago, considering I am only now finishing college) when I ran track team for two years, never to rise to track star fame, but to reside in the wallows of near last place […]

This is part 3 in a mini-series by Steve Shipowitz (@stevenship) on his endeavor to lose weight, which led him to discovering ‘Born to Run‘ and Vibram FiveFingers.  You can read part 1 of the series here, and part 2 of the series here. So, let’s fast-forward just a bit. At this point I have had the Bikila VFFs […]

Let me tell you who I miss on the television.  I miss Billy Mays.  Here was a person who was truly excited about every single thing he tried to sell.  This enthusiasm allotted for a small bit of fame for the man, but also a very effective product name recognition virus that haunts even today.  […]

Disclaimer: This is a very long post about chronic pain relief in general, and the Egoscue method specifically. Grab a drink and a snack, give it a read, and let us know your thoughts in the comments. For the last 16 months, I’ve embarked on a part-time medical voyage to battle some nagging patellar (knee) […]

I bought my first pair of Sprints in September 2009, my first pair of KSOs in December 2009 and my first pair of Classics in late March 2010. After one year of wearing almost nothing but Five Fingers to work, run, play and just about everything else, I’m confident that I made the absolute best […]

The following is a story shared by reader Robert Francis, a member of the Canadian Forces. Everyone has a reason, whether it be out of interest or a result of personal research,  for why they have tried or switched over to VFFs, so I figured I should start off with why I switched. I used […]

We have a new winner in the MyFiveFingers.com Year-Long Giveaway, and her name is Pam.  Pam is an email subscriber, and we’ve emailed her with all of the details.  Pam gets to choose any pair of FiveFingers that she wants from the good folks at River Sports (our Giveaway sponsor)!  If you haven’t checked out […]

Its almost that time again. We’ll be announcing our next winner of the MyFiveFingers.com Five Fingers Giveaway sponsored by River Sports in the next day or two. While we wait, we wanted to share some pictures from last months winner, Cindy Lee!. Cindy Lee’s Facebook Like helped her win her pair last month, so if […]