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Zoot designed their shoe for sockless wear. They're quite pricey. I bought a pair this winter and will race with them on Saturday. I wouldn't run more than 10km with these shoes.
So your cycle shoes are comfortable with socks, but uncomfortable without? Shoes are definitly a personal preference, maybe you just need to ride a few more times sockless before you'll feel comfortable.
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The Nike Free's are made so you don't have to wear socks. I would stick with runs lower than 10km as well, although I know of some that wear Free's in marathons.
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Welcome to the land of sprint triathlons.
I've been wearing different NBs over the course of many years and could run w/o socks in all of them. For me it's about breaking them in properly. Don't wear socks then go sockless, start breaking them in w/o. You can also add some vasaline/bodyglide/etc to your trouble spots until your foot toughens up or the shoes gives way. Also you need to train sockless.
Cycling shoes in a sprint w/o socks have never been an issue. If you have tri versions then its only one strap and go. If like me your road pull double duty, have the bottom two really loose and only use the top to cinch up. The extra room the bottom straps give you will give you plenty of room and there should be no rubbing.
Good luck and good racing.
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Have always gone sock-less in Sprints, regardless of the shoes (Nike Free's, Brooks T-5's). I think that training that way on your shorter runs and breaking them in like Mark suggested is more important than the actual shoe, as long as it is a proper fitting shoe and doesn't have any wicked seams inside. I use Aquaphor sometimes on my toes if needed in the beginning.
Cycling shoes I have are LG Tri Air's (about 4 years old now). have never worn socks with them.
Haven't tried the Zoot's.
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be sure to get some good training runs in whichever sockless shoe you end up choosing. they don't work for everyone. i tried zoot's last year and had an awful experience less than a week before a race. they gave me TERRIBLE blisters on the bottoms of both feet and i had to race w/ holes in my feet. most painful experience ever. i have scars from them (a full year later).
not trying to discourage you from trying them, but just be prepared! :)answered over 2 years ago |Report
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I think the best thing to do is to experiment during off-season and find out what works for you and then do your training like that. Your ideal shoe is going to be a personal choice. Changing up at the beginning of your race season is a recipe for disaster in my opinion. The comments on breaking in the shoe's and feet are all well advised.
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Honestly, I ignore the discomfort and end up bleeding in my running shoes after thirteen miles in a half IM. I'm tough...or stupid.
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i swear by asics DS trainers. i've been running sockless for 4 years now in them. i've done three marathons sockless with them and haven't had any bleeding during the races. recently, i've put some speed laces on them and still have no rubbing around my ankle or anything. i also have some pretty intense scarred feet from the first few training runs...all good and calloused now though
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Everyone's feet are going to react to the same shoe in different ways. You'll never know until you try them on for yourself.
With that being said, a lot of the lightweight racing shoes can be run in sockless. Brooks T6, Mizuno Wave Musha, just to name a few.
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The new Nike Lunarglide is seamless and would probably work well sockless.
FWIW, I race in Zoots, but only go sockless in sprint distance races.
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Ok folks, I am new to running and am only one month into it. I am obviously nowhere near your levels, but am curious...why run without socks? I didn't know this could be a good thing!
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I have the Asics Noosa Tri's, they're great. and they're so bright that they're easy to find in the transition.
Carrie, not putting socks on in a triathlon can save you a little time in the transitions. If you're strictly a runner wear socks.
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Wear what you've been wearing and just take your socks off. For anything up to a 10k I have started racing sockless in my Asic GT-2110s. They have all sorts of seams and stitchings in them but with enough powder they perform just fine.
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I have these for cycling and love them. http://www.trifuel.com/product/10584/overview I was able to where them sockless on the first ride right out of the box.
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I second Matthew's comment about lightweight shoes. The best shoes I've found for going sockless are racing flats, which are often designed that way since people are more likely to go sockless when racing for weight reasons. They're usually also simpler with less seams and overlays.
Like everyone else is saying, it's also really important to train some sockless and find the shoes that work for your foot.
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I haven't worn these, but Scott has new tri-specific shoes appropriately name the "T2". Worth a look: http://www.scott-sports.com/us_en/product/10757/58717/214788
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nike mayfly is fantastic running shoes if you want to go sockless. aside from this pair, i won't recommend any nike shoes for sockless use.
kswiss k-Ruuz, light blade and Puma Faas3000 are awesome sockless running shoes too.
I've worn and tried them all for everything from 5k to half and loved it.as far as cyling shoes go, i wear specialized(BG Specialized Trivent) and they are awesome.
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I was having a problem running w/o socks until I tried Zoots. Love them. A little BodyGlide before the start on potential problem areas helped too.
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I recently purchased a pair of BG Trivent Sport Shoe form Specialized have only worn them once with socks feet aren't tough enough for barefoot yet they are fairly soft when itried them on barefooted. and don't break the bank $100.00
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