Homeade Huaraches

I don’t need another pair of barefoot running shoes because a) you don’t need shoes to run barefoot, and b) my piriformis injury is still making it difficult to run at all. 

Despite all this, these huaraches just looked so great I couldn’t resist giving them a try (warning: pictures of feet coming up…)!

I’ve been interested in huaraches and other types of traditional footwear for a while now.  It just makes sense – these shoes are tried and tested.  After reading Jason’s review at Barefoot Chronicles, I thought these might be nicer than my fivefingers for summer running (better ventilation).  I got the DIY kit from invisibleshoe.com – I looked into buying the materials separately myself online, but I could only find large pieces of the sole material so it would have cost more this way.  If you’re planning on making several pair, then you cold probably save money by finding the materials yourself.

This (clearly) isn’t the traditional method of lacing huaraches – I don’t quite have that mastered yet. This is an easier slip-on method of lacing I found online at invisibleshoe.com - I improvised tying the extra lace length for now because I want to keep the laces long so I can use the traditional lacing method in the future.

Here’s the side view:

One of the nicest things about these is how they seem to instantly mold to your foot.  I’m still supposed to be taking it easy on the running, but I admit I took them for a quick run (less than a mile) and also walked about 3 miles in them yesterday. They were surprisingly comfortable! I’ll have to wait until I can run in them more to reserve final judgement, but for now these seem like they will be better than my normal flip-flops for general summer wear, and might even work for running longer distances after a little more break-in time.

More on these to come, my next project is to tackle the traditional lacing method.

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