Start wearing them and just keep wearing them. Start with plug level number 1 and if that is too uncomfortable, start without the plug.” -Dr. Stuart Gordon In short, the best way to transfer into them is to wear them often. At a marathon event Stuart Gordon was asked by a participant if she should wear her orthotics to race. He asked if she was wearing them often and she said that they were uncomfortable. She then asked if she could wear a pair of Barefoot Science insoles and he said, “You can put them on and you could run the race now.” After the race she ran up to Stuart and gave him “a hug because she did a personal best with no pain.