My shoes!

It was a little uncomfortable the first time it happened - I walk into the airport and all these people start looking at me. My shoes! They are fascinated by my Vibrams (shoes that have toe holes - basically very very thin rubber soles that mimic what it feels like to be walking bare foot. I admit, they look very bizarre, and they are not stylish in the way I like to normally choose things. But they are SO comfortable. My toes really appreciate the separation, and I never really LIKE wearing anything with a heel anyway)

So I have a good conversation starter - or bad conversation starter, depending on your perspective. Many people have chosen to ask me about them - and for now, I’m having fun telling them.

Why not spread the word of these super comfy shoes that, according to some studies done by Harvard, are helpful for relieving many of the impact-related injuries and pains that runners who use "traditional" running shoes experience. I haven't done a tun of research yet, because I'm more of a "if they work for me, that's all the proof I need kind of person" anyway - but if you like research... here's a place to get started:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v463/n7280/full/nature08723.html