Taking the Minimalist Shoe Plunge

Had a visit from one of my favorite guys today--that's right the man in brown himself, the UPS guy.

He was delivering my new pair of Vibram Five Fingers.  I am officially going to start introducing a little minimalist shoe into my training.

After my regular intervals at the track today, I put them on (by the way, nobody tells you that it takes an hour and a half to get them on) and ran an inaugural 1/4 mile.  Felt good. 

They are a little snug, but I'm told that they break in and will feel better after a week or so.  To help with that transition, I'm wearing them around the rest of the day. 

Already had my first "five fingers" interaction.  As I'm putting them on a guy walking by does a double take, and asks where I got them and if they were Nike's.  Uh, I ordered them online and no they're not Nike's. 

My wife thinks I look like a robot with them on.