Hey folks, hope you're all having a great weekend!
It's not much in the annals of events, but I haven't run an event since high school, so I thought I'd share. Managed a 57:41 on generally a fast, flat route with pretty foot-friendly surfaces all round. I missed my music (portable players banned now in South Africa) and it was a bit of an inconvenience turning a 7:56 in my first km due to the race start stampede, but overall it was a lot of fun.
I thought I'd see a crop of VFFers running, but I only saw one other minshoe the whole race and not a single barefooter. Of course I caught a Zola Budd comment on my way, but overall didn't seem to get much in the way of a reaction, and not a soul asked me about the run before or after. Kinda weird, maybe I come across as too hardcore or something. I was certainly expecting some kind of inquiry at least!
I'll have to paint my toenails for the next one .
It's not much in the annals of events, but I haven't run an event since high school, so I thought I'd share. Managed a 57:41 on generally a fast, flat route with pretty foot-friendly surfaces all round. I missed my music (portable players banned now in South Africa) and it was a bit of an inconvenience turning a 7:56 in my first km due to the race start stampede, but overall it was a lot of fun.
I thought I'd see a crop of VFFers running, but I only saw one other minshoe the whole race and not a single barefooter. Of course I caught a Zola Budd comment on my way, but overall didn't seem to get much in the way of a reaction, and not a soul asked me about the run before or after. Kinda weird, maybe I come across as too hardcore or something. I was certainly expecting some kind of inquiry at least!
I'll have to paint my toenails for the next one .