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Barefoot TJ

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If you hosted an IBRD or attended one, please report in with numbers, pictures, and details! Thanks!
 
Hi all!
Erie PA managed to field five IBRD participants this year (up from 3 last year - woo-hoo!).
It was a beautiful day on the shore of Lake Erie - sunny and about 65F - perfect barefoot weather!
Two of us ran 3 miles, one walked a mile, and two walked/ran about 3.5 miles.

I was especially happy to be out, since an ankle injury in the fall (non-running related, btw) sidelined me over the winter. My IBRD 3-miler was only my fifth run since starting back running after a four month hiatus. It felt great! :happy:
The other Erie IBRD 3-miler, Mike, is an experienced barefoot runner, but was also recovering from an injury, so we commiserated during our run.
The others were newbies, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Might have a couple of converts there!
We enlisted the help of a passing runner to take our group photo.
(That's me in the cool "official" shirt!) :D


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I love that tee shirt, Sailor! I wasn't aware ahead of time of your event, or I would have added it to the official list and helped to broadcast it everywhere like I did for all of them. Just so you know. But hey! I appreciate your getting something together and glad you all had a great time on IBRD.
 
A very small barefoot event in my village: Myself (skin to ground) and my husband (in min shoes). We planned to do an 8 K Trail, but the weather gods were not with us: After about 2 K a thunderstorm threatened and made us turn around. We got home just in time to avoid a lot of big grained hail coming down. :eek:
 
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I love that tee shirt, Sailor! I wasn't aware ahead of time of your event, or I would have added it to the official list and helped to broadcast it everywhere like I did for all of them. Just so you know. But hey! I appreciate your getting something together and glad you all had a great time on IBRD.

Thanks, TJ. Actually, I was barely aware of my event ahead of time! Since I was just starting back into running after months off, I wasn't sure I was going to be up to anything by IBRD time, so I kinda waited 'til the last minute to organize something. I was really happy to get five folks to show up on such short notice!
Next year I promise bigger and better things! :D
 
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