Vibram FiveFingers News

Saturday 28 August, 2010

Running Killer Hill in Five Fingers KSO

Millikan, who is a Vibram five fingers fan, recently he wore his Five Fingers KSO in the what is billed as the oldest triathlon in the continental United States. With two man teams and canoes it is certainly one of the most unique triathlons. Sounds like fun! Here is a description of the race from Millikan:

The photo's of me wearing Vibram fivefingers kso as I prepared for the start of Morgan's Little Miami Triathlon located at Fort Ancient State Park, Oregonia, Ohio in June, 2010. It is a two-person team race comprised of a 6 mile canoe, 5.5 mile run, and an 18 mile bike race with over 1,000 teams.

My six-month old Vibram kso shoes performed flawlessly in the canoe then run segments. I wish I could have used them for the bicycle segment but I was forced to switch to my road bike shoes. A key race feature and Vibram kso shoes test was running up the half-mile Killer Hill from the river trail to the bike transition area with the final 50 yards on wooden steps as seen in the photo.

Other than the lightening and rain storm at the race start, it was a great event. I especially enjoyed the quick transition time that my Five finger shoes allowed from the canoe to the run. No worrying about changing into running shoes or wearing plastic baggies over my vff shoes in the canoe.

Thanks for Millikan's story, I think the six miles of canoeing then Killer Hill sounds pretty killer! Good stuff I am doing the fall event of this race..in my Vibram fivefingers kso trek.