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Recently, Laima and I received some injinji toesocks to try out (read her take over at Women’s Endurance Gear). I’ve long been fascinated and repelled by toesocks, starting with my high school career in the 80s, when knee-high rainbow toesocks were favored by a certain subset of teenage girls (none of whom had time for me), More recently, I associated toesocks with the suddenly ubiqiuitous five-toed shoes, which frankly look a bit ridiculous to me. But still, the fascination continued. With the arrival of the toesocks a simultaneous arrival of UltraRunning Magazine, with an article on sock choice by Donald Buraglio (of Running and Rambling fame). In it he mentions that toesocks allow more air movement around the toes, keeping feet cooler–with the advent of really hot summer weather, this sounded like just the ticket.

It takes some getting used to wearing toesocks–I still struggle every time to get my pinky toes in, as they are curled under quite a bit. Once on, however, good to go. It’s a neat feeling to have the toes separated and wiggling around. Plus, on cooler mornings, I can wear them and slip on flip-flops to go out and get the newspaper. I’m still going to refrain from the five-toed shoes though.

(Disclaimer: I was sent this item for free to review on my blog, courtesy of injini, via Outside PR. I did not pay for the item, receive payment for this review, or agree to give a positive review. Aside from information gleaned from the company website, the opinions are my own.)

2012-07-25 06:09:46

Source: http://www.midwestmultisportlife.com/2012/07/injinji-toesocks.html