new balance minimus trail - first look

after spotting an early photo of these bad boys in the december issue of details magazine, i naturally did the immediate google, only to find out their release date was march 2011. what to do for three months?

i patiently bided my time and before you know it, voila! here's a peek at the kicks before i took them out for a spin this past weekend:




mind you, i've been on a barefoot kick (pun intended haha) these past few years, so my indoctrination has been leading towards this day. i first experimented with the nike presto many years back, bridged the gap with the nike free 5.0 trail and the air rift, and most recently have been running exclusively in the nike free 3.0. even the NB salesperson was warning me not to run too much soon in these, so i'll be sure to report back after a few training sessions...