Can I wear Vibram Five Finger shoes and do sprints on concrete streets?
The answer depends on how you land when you run. I went sprinting on the sidewalks with the Vibram and found that my feet were pounding on the pavement too hard. In the end I found my shins and calves were burning after 400 yards. If you want to see what it feels like to sprint with them, take off your socks and shoes and go sprinting barefoot. It’s quite difficult, but feels exactly the same. There is no ankle or arch support with makes it 100x harder to run. Can I run a marathon in Vibram Five Finger Shoes? Again it really depends on how you land and how strong your feet are. If you have weak ankles, shins, knees or arches and relied on good shoes to help you with your running, it will be painful. Traditional running shoes do all this work for you, but now that you stripped it away with wearing the VFF’s, you have to strengthen all these areas yourself. It’s very easy to twist your ankles. I would suggest to go running barefoot first then try on harder terrains. Once you feel comfort
