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  • Three Hundred and Sixty Kilometres in Trail Glove 7

    Three Hundred and Sixty Kilometres in Trail Glove 7

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesSince the Seventh of May 2023 I have walked more than 360 kilometres in the Merrel Trail Glove 7 and the experience has been good. For a long time I enjoyed wearing normal shoes but recently they started either to rub the front of my feet, or the heel would get worn…

  • Slowed by the Wind

    Slowed by the Wind

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I walked into the wind for two to three kilometres. The wind was so strong that the Apple watch gave me "high noise level" warnings more than once. The wind was around 30-40km/h. It was so strong that I stopped listening to an Audiobook because I couldn’t hear it. I then…

  • Twenty Seven Thousand Steps in BareFoot Shoes

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days ago I took twenty seven thousand steps in barefoot shoes. My feet did not suffer at all from walking that far in such shoes. I did some of that walking in the vapor gloves and the rest in the Trail Gloves. The beauty of barefoot walking is that you…

  • Walking “Barefoot” with The Vapor Glove 6

    Walking “Barefoot” with The Vapor Glove 6

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesMost shoes are designed to protect the heel with a cushion of air or material that absorbs heel strikes, before they are transmitted to the rest of the skeletal system. With barefoot shoes, especially the Vapor Glove 6 those heel strikes are not absorbed. You feel the force with which your heel…

  • Thoughts on Moonwalkers Shoes

    Thoughts on Moonwalkers Shoes

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSome of us remember a time when you could get roller skates that fit shoes. Moonwalkers have the same idea, except that the goal with their project is for the wheels to be powered, to drive you forward at a maximum speed of 11 km/h. Speed Increase Depends on Base Walking Speed They…

  • Seventy Kilometres Later – Adapting to Barefoot Shoes

    Seventy Kilometres Later – Adapting to Barefoot Shoes

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI walk from three to fie million steps per year. In doing so I wear through shoes and through socks every six months or less. It makes sense that I would experiment with barefoot shoes since I spend so much time walking.  The Experience Initially I tried the Vapor Glove 6 and…

  • Vapor and Trail Gloves After Twenty Kilometres

    Vapor and Trail Gloves After Twenty Kilometres

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesThe easiest sport to practice every day is walking. We can walk to the bus stop, train station or other places every single day. We can walk in the morning, we can walk at the shops, and we can walk at lunch time or in the evening. All of these walking opportunities…

  • Minimal Walking – Day 2

    Minimal Walking – Day 2

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI went for a walk with the barefoot shoes for a second day in a row. I didn’t regret it. I need to pay more attention to how I walk, specifically I need to make sure not to slam my heel into the ground with each step and this takes focus, muscle…

  • Thoughts On The Vapour Glove Six

    Thoughts On The Vapour Glove Six

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesI walk around in socks when I’m at home, so not quite barefoot, but almost. The idea of barefoot shoes is to get the human body, and especially the lower half to get back in touch with walking barefoot.Yesterday I went for an 8.55km walk in barefoot shoes. I didn’t regret it.…

  • Thirty Kilometres Per Day

    Thirty Kilometres Per Day

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Swiss travel an average of 30 kilometres per day in their cars, according to a new survey shared by the Radio Television Suisse. I walk 14 to twenty kilometres per day, and if I go for a bike ride I travel 30 kilometres. I use the car twice a week, for…