Yesterday, I did a two hour barefoot hike with all of my other injured barefoot running people. Our group out here has experienced a looong series of injuries and illnesses and operations over the last year that have rendered EIGHT of "un-runable" -meaning, we are either unable or forbidden to run at all, or, are just not able to run anywhere close to our regular mileage or speed, or, are starting over from zero mileage (and a handful of them are either on the Hood to Coast team, or, are alternates). We have now, in essence, started the Injured Barefoot Hikers Group (I.B.H.G.). So this looks like it will be a weekly ritual for who knows how long.