Your shoes get a rotation. Your feet get nothing.

Recovery Slides for Serious Runners

We're the Opposite of Cushy Sandals

You run for an hour and stand for fifteen. What you wear for those fifteen minutes is the part nobody plans for. Most recovery shoes for runners try to prop you up with foam. Soft, flat, and nothing for your foot to push against. Comfortable, sure, but completely passive.

The Flex 3 footbed goes the other way. Three ergonomically shaped features sit near your heel, the ball of your foot, and under your arch. As you walk, your foot works across them, reacting to pressure, instead of resting on them.

Your recovery becomes active.

> > > Learn More:  Pro Tips for Running and Recovery

Aspen Owens
PT, DPT + Marathoner & Endurance Athlete

Aspen Owens

“Highly recommend. Great for marathoners! Love the heel ball. Right amount of cushion, too. Wear them every chance I get!”

@dr.aspen_running
What Our Patented Footbed Does for Runners

What Our Patented Footbed Does for Runners

Heel Ball. A firm rubber dome just in front of your heel, pressing along the back of the plantar fascia. The spot you would go after with a massage ball, except you are walking around instead of sitting on the floor.

Meta Pad. A teardrop-shaped rise behind the ball of your foot that lets the long bones spread out. After hours in a tapered running shoe, that is the opposite of what your forefoot has been doing.

Low-Rise Arch. A low, contoured rise along the inside edge that keeps your arch supported without locking in place. It also keeps your foot properly positioned over the other two.

But it takes a village. There are seven more design features that make those three work together just so, including a footbed that calibrates pressure to your own body weight.

> > > Learn More:  How the Flex 3 Footbed Works

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  • FREE U.S. Standard  shipping. FREE exchanges. FREE returns.
  • 30-day money-back guarantee.
  • 12-month warranty against manufacturing defects.

If your feet do not get on with our slides, send them back.

No questions. No hidden return fees.

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When Runners Typically Wear Our Slides

When Runners Typically Wear Our Slides

Right after the run. Out of your trainers, into our slides, walk to the car or into your home or wherever. The easiest habit to build and the most common.

Rest and easy days. Around the house, running errands, whenever you're on your feet without being in training shoes.

Through a heavy block. When sessions stack up and the recovery window is short, what you stand on between them is one of the few variables you can change without adding a session.

Race travel. Airports, hotels, the walk back from the finish line.

Getting started. 10 to 15 minutes at a time, two or three times a day, for the first three days. The footbed is firmer than foam by design and that is the acclimation we recommend. After that, wear them as long as they feel good.

Are These the Best Recovery Slides for Runners?

Depends on your mileage.

Worth it if you run three or more times a week, spend hours in stiff training shoes, are building toward a marathon or ultra or endurance event, or are on your feet all day on top of training.

Maybe not if you run infrequently, wear soft shoes anyway, and your feet feel fine, mostly.

If you want something soft to collapse into, basic foam slides do that well, and most cost less.

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FAQ: Getting the Most Out of Your Slides

Yes, and that is when a lot of runners reach for them. Feet are often stiffest the morning after. Stick to 10 to 15 minutes at a time for the first few days.

Rotation solves a different problem. It varies how your foot is loaded while you run. This is about those other hours, when you are not running at all.

The Low-Rise Arch is deliberately low rather than a tall orthotic shape, so it works across a range of foot types. If you wear prescribed orthotics or are working with a podiatrist on a specific issue, ask them first.

No. Those come from friction and impact inside your running shoes, and the fix is shoe fit, sock choice, and toenail length.

Sizing is unisex. For men, the slides are labeled 5-14. For women's the labeling is adjusted 1.5 size up and so only on the half size. 

Examples: a men's 5 is a women's 6.5, and a men's 8 is a women's 9.5. There's a sizing chart on the product shopping page.

You get FREE returns, no sneaky fees, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Give them at least a week before you decide, since the footbed takes some getting used to.

The Ultimate Foot Fitness Tül

The Ultimate Foot Fitness Tül

For modern runners who understand recovery isn't rest.

It's another training session.

Get Your Feet Fit

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