VERY long story short- we did not have the required "impartial judges" present to verify the event. There were other flaws due to my poor planning. In retrospect, the scope of the event far outweighed my ability to plan and finances I had available. If I were to do it over again, I would secure sponsors ahead of time, then pay people to handle the many logistics.
I feel really bad about the aftermath, but don't like talking about it. For me, it was an incredibly positive weekend that demonstrated the potential for barefoot running. The actual world record process left a very bad taste in my mouth on many fronts which I would prefer to forget.
As it turns out, we're NOT just a few weirdos scattered around the country.
I won't tackle this challenge again, but would be more than willing to share everything I learned with anyone else that would like to try.
