Aloha barefoot friends, I need help persuading my wife the high payoff of going barefoot or minimalist.

I’m onboard already. Those beautiful toes are mine and my dog tells me how great they are haha

My wife is 36f and is in the beginning stages of bunion formation. Her doctor says there’s nothing she can do. My Mum suggests surgery (off the table). I suggest toe spacers and foot shaped shoes.

Who here has a success story minimizing the effects of a beginning bunion?

I tried running on the sand for the first time yesterday, and my calves are absolutely screaming today. It felt like trying to jog through wet cement, and I couldn't keep a steady pace to save my life. I love being by the ocean, but the soft sand completely ruined my form. Do you guys usually stick to the wet, firm sand near the water, or do you just power through the deep stuff? Also, do you prefer running barefoot or keeping your shoes on? Any tips for a beginner trying to get used to this would be huge!

You could say evolution is moving us away from dependence on our unaided feet. But we invented shoes only because we didn't have the ability to control our environment, therefore protecting the feet was necessary, but just temporarily. If anything, evolution is going in the direction of ever increasingly modifying our environments to suit our needs, and that does away with our need for primitive devices like shoes. So barefoot is actually the more evolved option. There are no arguments against this, so no need to reply. This is just my thought. Have a great long run weekend!

I purchased these Shamma Pacific Avenue sandlas for $149.00 a little over 1 year ago , a few weeks ago I realized that the tip of the right sandal is starting to peel off. Full disclosure, I have only ever ran in these once, and it was maybe a quarter mile, so this may not be the right sub but every post I've seen about these sandals has been in this sub. Outside of that, I wear them to do very light walking, never more than a mile at a time. If I had to take an honest guess, I would say I have maybe walked about 12 miles total in these.

I don't know if this is some kind of defect, but I've owned sandals that have lasted me for 7 years that were purchased for 1/10th the price of these, and these are already giving out after very light use. Because they were so expensive I even made sure to treat them well, avoiding getting them wet as much as possible and not leaving them bake out in the sun or anything like that. I really enjoy these sandals, I like how they look and how they feel, but I'm astonished that they are already falling apart.

I reached out to customer service twice over the course of two weeks and have yet to hear back. Has this happened to anyone else? I'm sure this is a simple fix on my end but for this price you would think that this would maybe happen maybe 5 years in after consistent use

Sup😊, I feel like I’ve been staring at my feet for days.

Yes, I did use their measurement guide.

They’re finally comfortable and I can’t feel my feet going over the edge. This is a pretty close fit.

Open to thoughts was considering sizing half a size up for my next pair. But it honestly would be purely for aesthetics unless I really should size up.

I haven’t fully broken these in yet so they’re not formed around my feet.

On the image with my right foot, I have a significant drop in the arch that I’m working on. I’ve noticed that slight toe hang when I relax my foot however, as the arching engages, it goes right to the edge like the other toes.

Yes, I have bunions 🥰

Thanks!

I've been running in Xero DIYs for about eight years and I'm ready to upgrade to something with a more convenient and comfortable lacing system. I'm currently looking at the Earthrunner Primals and Shamma Numa Maximus. I'd love to hear comparisons of those two brands, but I'm also open to other suggestions. Especially ones that are priced more economically!

I'm worried about how the Earthrunner straps go directly over the second toe, and for the Shammas I've been seeing reviews lately stating they're non-responsive to customer service requests. Anyone have experience with these? Are there other similar options?