A Family Who Wears Five Fingers Together, Stays Together

By Britt on Jun 30, 2010 | In User Stories | 3 comments »

Emily crossing the finish line
Emily crossing the finish line in her Vibram Sprints - this was a 5k "CdA Race" in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Emily, her husband Gary, and their 9 year old daughter are a family who all wear Vibram Five Fingers. Emily sent us these photos and notes on their active lifestyle:

 
This is my husband, a retired/ disabled vet, doing his 46K handcycle race in the Paralympic road race in Bend, Oregon last week... Gary can walk a bit, but generally gets around in a wheelchair. For all his biking events he wears his Vibrams.

Also, our 9 year old daughter just did her first tri, the Pacific Crest Splash, Dash and Pedal in Sunriver, Oregon and she wore, of course, her Vibrams.

We are a family with multiple sets of 5 Fingers!

Emily, thanks for sharing your story and inspiring us to get out and exercise!

About the Author — Hailing from College Station, Texas (Home to Texas A&M!), I grew up running cross country. Believe it or not, I gave Justin the name for this site back in early 2009 but I didn't jump on the toe shoes bandwagon until a year later.
Britt has written 162 articles and 67 comments.
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Comment from: Danny Helfen [Visitor]
Danny HelfenIt is great that you all take the time to do things together. My Son and I Wear our Five Fingers everywhere. We take them camping a lot.
07/01/10 @ 10:30
Comment from: Cristina [Visitor] Email
CristinaI'm waiting for my boys to get old enough to get them a pair each. As of right now, I let them go outside barefoot, on grass frontyard, but sometimes they go on the driveway, which is gravel, and everytime they do that I just think, I wish they where older so I could get them these. They are 3 and 1 1/2 yrs so they have a ways to go. I can't wait so we all have them like you!
07/02/10 @ 22:12
Comment from: Brian Pomerantz [Visitor]
Brian PomerantzI was the one in the CDA Marathon with Bikilas! I didn't see anyone else with VFFs, I must have missed Emily there.

http://kmorris.exposuremanager.com/p/cdamar2010/cda_3913_23_4_5
07/05/10 @ 12:14