True runners I think this is the time for us to rejoice. I may be wrong, but I think we're past the peak of the toe shoes fad. Please tell me I'm right. Any of you have evidence to support this theory?
True runners I think this is the time for us to rejoice. I may be wrong, but I think we're past the peak of the toe shoes fad. Please tell me I'm right. Any of you have evidence to support this theory?
Nope. I see them regularly 'round these here parts.
Why would I rejoice over something that has absolutely no impact on me?
Son, the one thing you find as you get older is that you never get over the hump.
are you crazy? i'm seeing non-runners starting to sport them on weekends just to make the trip to starbucks.
As a 'normal' runner who wears 'normal' shoes, what the f*ck do you care about toe shoes anyway?
I don't care either, but I would like to mention that I went to a road race this weekend and saw several people sporting toe shoes. I don't think we're over the hump at all - give it a few years and you'll probably have to search high and low just for a decent pair of clunky trainers.
An interesting study would be to track the average weight of those who wear toe shoes (monkey shoes as my kids call them). At first, it was the Ultra dudes and organic farming crowd, now it's semi-obese housewives and overweight, weekend Crossfitters.
I see very few people wearing them, but I never really noticed a lot of people wearing them. One person I know who used to wear them no longer does. Are these shoes more popular in certain regions? It doesn't seem like they've caught on much in the Midwest.
Ran a 5k in Ohio last week. Not a single person I saw had them, 200+ particpants.
I think in some areas, Vibrams and others are pushing hard to get their running socks sold. I was at my local running store and saw sales people actively pushing the running socks on people. I wouldn't be surprised if Vibrams and others were having sales bonus promotions with running store staff to get them to push running socks. My suspicion arises from the fact that the sales staff I know who are solid runners would never run in them and would never let a friend buy them but were pushing them really hard on Joe Crossfitter.
I work at a running store and I love to sell these things. I don't have to do anything but hand them the box and watch them shove their feet into them. I love when they ask me what they are for? We like to make up stories about how they make you run faster and increase your endurance and can help in weight loss. It's an easy 100.00 sale and we don't allow them to return them if they don't like them.
They're not going away. We can't keep them in stock.
I think in some areas, Vibrams and others are pushing hard to get their running socks sold. I was at my local running store and saw sales people actively pushing the running socks on people. I wouldn't be surprised if Vibrams and others were having sales bonus promotions with running store staff to get them to push running socks. My suspicion arises from the fact that the sales staff I know who are solid runners would never run in them and would never let a friend buy them but were pushing them really hard on Joe Crossfitter.
Precious Roy wrote:
I was at my local running store and saw sales people actively pushing the running socks on people. I wouldn't be surprised if Vibrams and others were having sales bonus promotions with running store staff to get them to push running socks.
That's how it works. The Running Room chain monitors employees' sock sales vs. shoes sales and reprimands employees if their ratio of sock sales falls too low. I'd be more surprised if the people at your local store weren't doing that.