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tylikSince a number of people seem to be considering picking up five fingers...
Flows are the cold weather alternative. Imagine a wet suit for your feet, kind of. Well, okay, they're water resistant, but not water proof - more on that later - and they come up higher on your feet, so there's a lot of squirming involved to get them on the first few times. Also, the fabric is stretchy, so the toes stretch away from your toes when you're trying to put them on. But you learn how to manage it.
I pretty much wore them any time I was outside and most of the time inside Sunday through Wednesday (today I'm taking a break and wearing walking shoes around campus, as my right leg was feeling put-upon). They're pretty nifty. Definitely better insulated that the Sprints - but then the sprints are insulated like light dance slippers. I wore them a fair bit in the snow, and it was fine as long as I kept moving. (Did I mention a big section of my forms work at the moment is subtle posture and balance stuff? Mmm-hmm.) With wool socks (pretty thin wool socks, really) they were pretty decent - um, especially compared to going barefoot.*
Actually, the one problem I had was when the weather warmed up to right around freezing. When it's cold, everything is frozen, and if they put down salt it all dries off quickly. They're fine on snow - and much better dealing with the goat trail than I would have expected, though a layer of fresh wet snow over solid ice was challenging for them. Or maybe for my butt. Either way... When the temperature hangs around freezing, though, and the salt produces a lot of icy slush, some of that icy slush will try to come in and join you. Add in that most of the seems are around the toes - which are already kind of thermally isolated - and my usual mile walk in became a little chilly.
Except for during training, today I'm wearing my asics walking shoes, which are feeling weirdly like a nice pair of kitchen clogs** - comfy and stable, but kind of high and clunky, too.
Oh - I'm still running in the Sprints, when I run indoors, but that's great, too.
* I don't know what are the relevant terms for other people. If I'm moving and moderately healthy, I don't get cold easily. I have been accused in the past of often being substantially under-dressed. When I'm sitting for a long time, I like sweaters and woolly socks. And I've gotten more into this warm thing since I realize that my muscles whine less when they're warm.
** Real kitchen clogs, with carved wood soles and everything. Not those croc things.
Flows are the cold weather alternative. Imagine a wet suit for your feet, kind of. Well, okay, they're water resistant, but not water proof - more on that later - and they come up higher on your feet, so there's a lot of squirming involved to get them on the first few times. Also, the fabric is stretchy, so the toes stretch away from your toes when you're trying to put them on. But you learn how to manage it.
I pretty much wore them any time I was outside and most of the time inside Sunday through Wednesday (today I'm taking a break and wearing walking shoes around campus, as my right leg was feeling put-upon). They're pretty nifty. Definitely better insulated that the Sprints - but then the sprints are insulated like light dance slippers. I wore them a fair bit in the snow, and it was fine as long as I kept moving. (Did I mention a big section of my forms work at the moment is subtle posture and balance stuff? Mmm-hmm.) With wool socks (pretty thin wool socks, really) they were pretty decent - um, especially compared to going barefoot.*
Actually, the one problem I had was when the weather warmed up to right around freezing. When it's cold, everything is frozen, and if they put down salt it all dries off quickly. They're fine on snow - and much better dealing with the goat trail than I would have expected, though a layer of fresh wet snow over solid ice was challenging for them. Or maybe for my butt. Either way... When the temperature hangs around freezing, though, and the salt produces a lot of icy slush, some of that icy slush will try to come in and join you. Add in that most of the seems are around the toes - which are already kind of thermally isolated - and my usual mile walk in became a little chilly.
Except for during training, today I'm wearing my asics walking shoes, which are feeling weirdly like a nice pair of kitchen clogs** - comfy and stable, but kind of high and clunky, too.
Oh - I'm still running in the Sprints, when I run indoors, but that's great, too.
* I don't know what are the relevant terms for other people. If I'm moving and moderately healthy, I don't get cold easily. I have been accused in the past of often being substantially under-dressed. When I'm sitting for a long time, I like sweaters and woolly socks. And I've gotten more into this warm thing since I realize that my muscles whine less when they're warm.
** Real kitchen clogs, with carved wood soles and everything. Not those croc things.
