Blair has been logging serious miles in his KSOs and Bikilas while accumulating a nice collection of Vibram Five Fingers. Here is what he had to say:
Just wanted to send along a pic of my second marathon is my Vibrams. First one was in my KSOs. This one was in my Bikilas, along with a pair of Injinji socks – ran a personal best. Tried the socks out one day cause it was pouring rain on a long run – really liked them. Still have yet to see another pair of Vibrams in a race here in Atlantic Canada. The Bikilas are much more suited for road racing – even though the KSOs feel like a much better fit for kicking around and breathe better as well. Slated for a trail half marathon in September then another marathon in October. Made sure I bought a pair of Treks for the trail – hard to believe how well that leather breathes. I can see how this can be addicting. I have my eye on both the new KSO Trek Sports for my October race and the Smartwool Classics to get me through the winter. Real excited about the new models you previewed for 2011. Maybe next year the kids will be wearing them across the finish line as well. 🙂
Cheers!
PS – looking forward to buying a bday shoes T-shirt – hopefully a tech T 🙂 Great idea.
Blair, congratulations on your PR in the Marathon by the Sea and glad you like the t-shirt!
7 replies on “26 miles and 385 yards in Five Fingers Bikilas”
Sweet picture! Congrats on a great time, nice shoes 🙂
I love this picture. He is right about next year – the youngsters should be sporting the VFFs. 🙂
Great job and very inspiring. Looks like your kids are you biggest fans, I’m sure they keep you very motivated!
awesome!
Congratulations, Blair! I live in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and I have been running in KSOs once per week (non-technical trails) since May, 2010, and have been thinking about ordering the Bikilas ever since I saw them on this site. I currently “rotate” 3 or 4 different lightweight/minimalist shoes for road running, but seeing/reading your story has pushed me over the edge – I think I’m going to order a pair this week! Any recommedations for a fellow Canuck on where to order from?
John
Do you really run marathon in those? What speed to you keep? per min?
Thanks for the great feedback everyone.
Just to answer a couple of the feedbacks.
John – I purchased my Bikilas from CitySports.com since I had a friend in Boston at the time to bring them to Canada…they don’t ship internationally. I have ordered from KayakShed.com. They take a while to get shipped out, but I got them. I have a pair of TrekSports currently on order there now. Visit the stores listed here at birthday shoes and check inventories and shipping info. good luck and enjoy. You might be able to get Oh My Sole to order you a pair – they are in Halifax and stock Vibrams, but they don’t have the newer models.
Adam – yep, I have run all my races on them to date this year. I ran a 4:01 and 3:52 full marathon times so far. I have run short distances a lot quicker, but no issues with the feet – only my weight and conditioning holding me back, the shoes only help. I am getting faster in them than I was in shoes.