Classic WTF reaction caught in photo finish

This is from my 5k race (my first ever barefoot, by the way!) last month, I had a blast! I love the reaction of the girl on the left (pointing at my bare feet as I pass) which I found on the race organizer´s website later on, I cracked up when I saw it, totally made my day.

I used to dread getting reactions about my barefoot running, now I actually enjoy them.

I did a great job, finished with an official time of 31:22 and now I can´t wait to run my first 10k barefoot on November 21st! First of many, I hope.

http://barefootlorena.wordpress.com/ race details, pics and other posts.

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That's classic. Isaw the original picture and was wondering what the heck you were talking about.
 
That's a great photo! Love the play-by-play too. Very funny. Yes, we get over ourselves, and after a while, the looks and comments don't bother us anymore.
 
It´s easy to be proud when you have all this support, thanks
 
Thanks, TJ! Right, no point in letting something like that geet in the way of doing something I love!
 
Easy to miss, right? There´s another pic taken about 1 or 2 seconds after where both girls are looking over their shoulders and still pointing more noticably, but I´m not in the shot so its not as cool ;)
 
Lorena, my favorite part is the expression of the guy you just beat to the finish line. :)
 
Ha! Never saw it that way! i kinda dont think he is reacting to me,..

but there was a guy I passed that I overheard saying to his guy friend who was really tired, “if SHE can do it, than you HAVE to keep running!“, meaning it would be humiliating for his (guy) friend to be beaten by a girl who runs barefoot. (which is actually very offensive since it derives from the stereotype that women are bad at sports).

but i loved that I passed them. and i hope their jaws dropped like this guy in the pic!
 

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