Matt Runs a Thanksgiving 5K in his Flow VFFs

Matt emailed in the above photos taken this past Thursday morning: he ran a 5K in his Flow Five Fing

Post author By Justin
Post date December 1, 2009
4 Comments on Matt Runs a Thanksgiving 5K in his Flow VFFs

Looks like it was a foggy morning in Shelby, North Carolina!

Matt emailed in the above photos taken this past Thursday morning: he ran a 5K in his Flow Five Fingers. Here’s Matt:

Hey!!!

I ran a 5K in my VFF Flows on Thanksgiving morning in Shelby, North Carolina. Out of over 600 participants, I was the only one in VFFs! These pictures were taken by my mom and sister at the race. Finished with a decent time and had a great time running with everyone else in their sneakers!! Love these shoes for cold-weather running and I have a pair of Sprints for warmer running.

Thanks for having such a great site! I look at it all the time and it’s great to have a website like this where all of us VFFers can see others with the same awesome shoes!

Sounds like you’ve got a nice one-two punch for year-round VFF running! It’s not often we see Flows, so thanks for sharing!

And glad to be of assistance to the Five Fingers fan community!

Update: Matt sent in a couple few more photos from a hike he took earlier this year in his VFF Sprints:

Matt poses on a hike in the Appalachian Mountains near Boone, North Carolina!

I went on a day of hiking in the Appalachian Mountains up near Boone, NC (where i go to college…. Go App!!) with my family earlier this semester and enjoyed all of the beautiful scenery and great views in my VFF Sprints. I sure got some weird looks by people passing by and lots of questions about what the heck i had on my feet and why i would ever hike in them, including people from my own family!! It was a lot of fun and i can’t wait for warmer weather to do it again soon!!

Enjoying the VFF-view!

Tags How to Run in Vibram Five Fingers, Barefoot, or in Other Minimalist Footwear (a.k.a. "Barefoot Shoes"), Vibram Five Fingers Flow [Barefoot] Toe Shoes

By Justin

Justin Owings is a deadlifting dad of three, working from Atlanta. When he's not chasing his three kids around, you'll find him trying to understand systems, risk, and human behavior.

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4 replies on “Matt Runs a Thanksgiving 5K in his Flow VFFs”

Well done, Matt!

I ran a Thanksgiving 5K in my KSOs, and as far as I could tell I was also the only one in VFFs.

Michael

I am about to do a 15km race in london, will the VFF flows be alright for that?

Barney,

Really depends on how much running you’ve been doing in your Flows so far. If you’re new to VFFs and going to race soon — like in the next few weeks — it might be too soon.

If you’ve been regularly running in your Flows, then that’s another story!

I just purchased a pair of VFF’s and have ran 1 mile and a half thus far in them at the track. I am going to slowly up my mileage in them to make sure I give my legs and feet time to adjust to the change. I can’t wait to do my first 5K in my VFF’s. I am a running mom and I hope all our visitors to http://www.runningmoms.org will give us some feedback to our Vibram Five Finger forum on how they are likig theirs. How soon is to soon to make a one hundred percent switch over?

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