trail glove 01: day one

[189] trail glove 01: day one, a photo by Argon[one] on Flickr.

Day one with the Merrell Barefoot Trail Glove. I feel like a kid at Christmas! My Trail Gloves came in and I hit the trail at lunchtime. I ran 3.5 miles on the blue and yellow trails of the Lucius Burch Natural Area and it was awesome! I haven't run these trails in years... since I started barefoot hiking. It's easy to avoid obstacles in the path while hiking, but running is whole different ballgame. Sometimes you just don't have enough advance notice to step around a root or a pebble when your running. But now.... I have Merrell Barefoot Trail Gloves.

These are the coolest shoes. Here are just a few of reason I like them:
[01] I love to hike barefooted, and these shoes are the closest thing to barefooted that I have found.
[02] They fit like a glove, but not tight. They fit snuggly against my feet, with no slippage.
[03] They are extremely light weight at 6.2 ounces.
[04] They are extremely flexible. I can twist them into a ball.
[05] The mesh upper is breathable. It feels like air-conditioning as I'm running the trail.
[06] The shoes are zero-drop [same thickness at the toes as at the heel], so I feel like I'm running barefooted.
[07] The Vibram soles flex and bend with my feet. I can feel the trail beneath them. It cushions the rocks, roots and other obstacles, but I still feel a connection with the trail.
[08] The are easy to get on and off.
[09] No socks required.
[10] They look like shoes... not awkward or weird!

Merrell, you did good!

Argon[one]

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