The problem with minimalist running shoes no one talks about: #StinkLines

My Shoes Are Funky... and Not in a Good Way

rwdaily.runnersworld.com 19 Jun '12, 9pm

The problem with minimalist running shoes no one talks about: #StinkLines

Minimalist running stinks. No, I mean literally. I've reached this conclusion after retiring my first and only pair of minimalist running shoes: a super-lightweight model from a popular athletic footwear company that shall remain nameless. I got these "shoes" -- I use the term loosely; they're more like sleek, grippy foot condoms -- several months back from my good friend Warren Greene, RW's then-shoe editor. "Cool!" was my first reaction. And the things did indeed look cool. Like futuristic slippers that Han Solo might wear around the house, if he had a house, which come to think of it he doesn't, that I'm aware of. There was nothing to them. You just pulled them on over your bare feet and off you went. "I like these!" was my second reaction, after I'd run in them a few times, tentatively at first, then all-out. They felt good, and they turned heads. Sniff? Sniff? was my ...

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