IT Geeks introduce Vibram Five Fingers to Cebu City

By Britt on Apr 22, 2010 | In user stories | 11 comments »

Lavin and Lhar in Cebu City
Trendsetters, Lavin and Lhar in their Vibram Five Fingers Flows and KSOs in Cebu City, Philippines.

Where exactly is Cebu City and who wears Vibram Five Fingers there? With a population of almost one million people, Cebu City is located in the Philippines. Lavin and Lhar are technology teachers at a university there. Lavin comments on discovering VFFs:

My friend Lhar and I recently got ourselves a pair of VFFs each. He got the black KSOs, while I got the FLOWs.(I wanted KSOs, but some mix-up got me the Flows instead). We actually got introduced to VFFs and the whole barefoot idea from birthdayshoes.com. We are teachers at a University here. Being in the I.T. field, we are naturally geeks. So, we stumbled upon the Gizmodo article about Sergey Brin wearing his Blue KSOs, which then led us to birthdayshoes.com. This then took me to the nymag.com article "You walk wrong", which made us get a pair of VFF's! As far as I know, we are the only ones in the city to own a pair. I haven't seen anyone else wearing VFF's here.

Lavin said that his first few days in Vibram Five Fingers Flows were a little uncomfortable, but now that they are broken in, they feel great! He also mentioned the neoprene being a bit warm, but since he works in an air conditioned building, it is not a problem.

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.
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Comment from: stephen [Visitor]
stephenGOto Abellana track there is a guy who runs using his KSO in Cebu.. I think he has already increased his distance to 15km/session
04/23/10 @ 03:28
Comment from: nestor [Visitor] Email
nestorpare gailing ninyo. By the way i'm from Cagayan de Oro City. Wearing KSO Blank. I'm be in Cebu last week of May.
04/24/10 @ 22:35
Comment from: Stephen [Visitor]
StephenI saw another VFF running running up the mactan bridge. He was wearing KSO black as well. As for me. I ahve the KSO blue and Sprint but I'm still building my mileage on barefoot running to cure my plantar fascitis. hopefully I can do my regular runs on my VFF as well.
04/30/10 @ 03:14
Comment from: richard [Visitor]
richardactually i have a friend hus been using kso's since april. He has already used it in a 21k race. Last week we had a long run around 24k. this sunday were going 30k.

@stephen : we know who kung kinsa na Cya. Hehe
05/21/10 @ 09:01
Comment from: cherry Ermita [Visitor]
cherry Ermitahi guys!!! glad to know ur wearing vffs!!!! would like to tell u that it is now being sold in manila!!

we opened out store last may 1, 2010 - at level r1 powerplant mall rockwell..

we have the classic, sprint and kso..but speed and bikila are arriving in 2 months!

hpe u can visit the store when ur in manila
06/04/10 @ 22:16
Comment from: dj [Visitor]
djkanu po un vibram??
07/04/10 @ 08:17
Comment from: jijie [Visitor]
jijie@ cherry ermita: how much is the vff kso black for women or the classic?
07/26/10 @ 00:41
Comment from: poy iloilo [Visitor]
poy iloilosan kaya mka bili ng vibram kso sa cebu at how much?
09/09/10 @ 06:38
Comment from: demzkey [Visitor]
demzkeysaan sa cebu tau maka buy nyan? please give me the location...thanks
09/28/10 @ 02:29
Comment from: lot yap [Visitor]
lot yapi want to buy this for my husband. may available ba nito in cebu city? pls help...
10/06/10 @ 21:13
Comment from: Nestor [Visitor]
Nestoris this available here in Cebu now? I've talked to the owner a few months ago and i really want to buy one.... he said he was still looking for distributors...
01/21/11 @ 01:14