What shoes these days are decent for running sockless for sprint and oly races?
Need a smaller heel drop as well (4-5mm).
Maybe not the fastest shoe out there but I find the Nike Men’s Zoom Fly 4 incredibly comfortable sockless for up to half marathon racing.
Scott
Maybe not the fastest shoe out there but I find the Nike Men’s Zoom Fly 4 incredibly comfortable sockless for up to half marathon racing.
Scott
Appreciate the recommendation, unfortunately the Nike’s have too much heel drop for me.
I’ve gone sockless in my Skechers Razor 2’s for my last two tri’s and some 5k’s. No issues. That is not the current model of the razor, and I can’t speak for what the new one is like.
I’ve gone sockless in my Skechers Razor 2’s for my last two tri’s and some 5k’s. No issues. That is not the current model of the razor, and I can’t speak for what the new one is like.
Awesome - just ordered a pair of the Razor 4 to try. The upper looks like it has minimal seams so hopefully is a good option.
I’ve used Skechers before and was always a huge fan (not sure why I strayed from them…).
Maybe not the fastest shoe out there but I find the Nike Men’s Zoom Fly 4 incredibly comfortable sockless for up to half marathon racing.
Scott
yeah the ZF4s have the loops on the front and back making it easy to slip on
I always had good luck sockless with On Cloudflow.
I have flat feet so like shoes with some stability. I used to race in Saucony Fasttwitch, but have switched to Asics Noosa Tri because my old legs like a little more padding.
Asics Tri Noosa 14 has a fantastic sock like liner, that doesn’t require socks
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The ASICS looks solid too. Will check them out if the Skechers don’t work out. Thank you!
I have run sockless with no problems in every shoe that I have ever tried. I wouldn’t worry about it.
Unfortunately I’ve tried that and some of my favorites have funky seams that I don’t notice with socks but rub without them.
Use to run in Zoots, and although they were designed as sockless they still rubbed and chafed a lot of people. Now running in Nike Vaporflys (which you indicated you didn’t like), but the point is that most shoes will have some rub points. I’ll test out a shoe sockless for a one or two mile run and determine the rub points. Then I lube the area (body glide) and test them again. Try it on a current pair of your favorite shoes and see if this alleviates the friction areas.
Asics Tri Noosa 14 has a fantastic sock like liner, that doesn’t require socks
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