Skydiving and Running in Vibram Five Fingers Bikilas

By Britt on Aug 26, 2010 | In User Stories | 3 comments »

Jeremy Skydiving

Jeremy, sent us this cool pic of him skydiving in his Bikilas which he mostly uses for running. Here is what he had to say:

The jump was fun. I’ve done it a couple times in the past.

I’ve been running in Five Fingers for about a year now. Originally, I had a pair of KSO treks. Ran about 50 miles in them, then I left those out, and my golden retriever ate them. Then I got a pair of regular KSOs. I put 600 – 700 miles on those before they started falling apart. I got the Bikilas the first day they came out, but haven’t run too far in them; the summer heat here in Houston kills me.

There two things I like better about the Bikilas are: 1.) They don’t give me blisters at the seams on long runs like the KSOs sometimes did. 2.) They seem to have a little better traction. The KSOs were easier to get on, seemed to breathe better, dry out faster, and felt a little better overall.

Jeremy

Thanks, Jeremy! Looks like there will be a dip in the temps this week in Houston. It may be time to take to the road in those Bikilas!

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: Rob [Visitor]
RobI had the same blistering/chafing issue with my KSOs on my 1st run. (I'd already run for a while in Classics) So I then wore some Injinji socks in my KSOs for a while. That seemed to do the trick, just breaking the KSOs in a bit more, perhaps stretching the material? Anyhow I no longer have any blister/chafing issues in my KSOs and can run in them w/o socks.
08/26/10 @ 09:26
Comment from: Scott M [Visitor]
Scott MClearly in this case "KSO" stands for "Keeps Stuff ON"!
08/26/10 @ 11:10
Comment from: dep [Visitor]
depThis is hilarious - i was just thinking this morning if i could go skydiving in my classic's, i'd hate for them to slip off or something - guess i'll give it a go now :)
08/30/10 @ 23:59