They make your feet look like trotters or even cloven hooves, but with split-toe socks the devil may just be in the detail. The Sidas T-Free Run and T-Free Trail split-toe socks are the brainchild of elite ultra runner Jon Albon, and are described as the first ever technical running socks to house the big toe in its own separate compartment. But what good does that do?
“Everybody has been talking about wide-fit shoes and how they allow your toes to splay more naturally,” says Albon, “but what’s the point of a wider toe box if your sock pinches the toes in anyway? I thought, ‘What I want is a sock that will let my toes splay.’ These socks do exist, mainly for wearing socks with flip flops – and there is a movement called #Freethetoe – but the idea was to make some technical running socks with just the big toe split into its own pocket.”
