Has anyone ever seen anyone win or place in the top of a race wearing the Vibram Five Fingers?
Has anyone ever seen anyone win or place in the top of a race wearing the Vibram Five Fingers?
Nope.
I know a sub-32 10k guy that almost only runs in Vibram-soled New Balance Minimus. Not quite a NCAA winning time, but still, pretty fast...
This guy won the Manhattan Beach 10k in 32:43 wearing Luna Sandals (http://www.lunasandals.com/), which most barefooters consider more hardcore than Vibrams:
http://bourbonfeet.blogspot.com/2010/10/hometown-win-at-manhattan-beach-10k.html
According to this news article on the guy:
http://manhattanbeach.patch.com/articles/manhattan-beach-native-captures-the-10k-crown
looks like he's won a local 5K and marathon too either barefoot or with luna sandals. I'm too lazy to look up the times.
Sub 30 10k guy won my conference in xc this year wearing em
A guy named Patrick Sweeney won the 2010 Palos Verdes marathon in Vibrams. Not a stellar time, but I hear the course is mostly hills and very windy.
Apparently not any races of importance.
Brent Handa from Chico State won conference in vibrams.
a while ago wrote:
A guy named Patrick Sweeney won the 2010 Palos Verdes marathon in Vibrams. Not a stellar time, but I hear the course is mostly hills and very windy.
Same guy I posted about above.
I don't know, but I do know of a marathon winner running in Crocs.
Maryland High School State 4A 3200m Championship, the Girls Champion (10:40) wore FiveFingers... the boys 5-6th place finisher in 9:40's wore FiveFingers.
That chick was heel striking like a motherf***er. Doesn't that defeat their supposed purpose?
Winning in crocs now that is impressive.
A lot of people wear them for the ATTENTION it gets you. I think THAT is their purpose in this case.
I see a lot of college age kids wearing them as a conversation starter just walking around campus or working out in the gym (and almost always NOT running).
And technically speaking wearing a sprint or mid distance spike should give a roughly the same foot strike pattern. BTW the new Vibrams with laces look suspiciously like the old school waffle racers I wore in high school except it has "toes" (and the price-$150).
If you're fast, you're fast no matter what you're wearing. 2 years ago a kid won the South Carolina State XC meet in Air Jordans. Then there's the dude that won that indoor 3000 this year with one shoe for most of the race. A girl one the California state XC meet with one shoe for half the race about 5 years ago.