The protection of a shoe, with the benefits of going barefoot. Sounds like a recipe for the perfect pair of running shoes, right? One problem: they look like they were made in the uncanny valley. Or if you want to get down to brass tacks: they look hideous. My reaction is surely not universal, since I suppose there are people who’d look at a pair and genuinely think “These look great.” But I reckon it’ll be shared by a lot of people just because these look more like foot gloves than proper athletic shoes. (Quick, coin-a-word time: foot gloves= Flooves? Gloots?)
Will all running shoes be like the FiveFingers in the future? Probably not--could you imagine FiveFinger dead ringers becoming all the rage? What’s certain is we will see more shoes engineered with barefoot research in mind, such as the Nike Free. The quest for the perfect pair of running shoes continues…
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