Olympics, Women and Barefoot Running

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Olympics, Women and Barefoot Running
From our very own Kate "Kitty" Kift
BRS Regional VP and writer for Candian Running Magazine

A talent apparent in the Barefoot running community is that we can tie-in almost anything to barefoot running. How many barefoot runners can run 5 miles while eating doughnuts? I can name three. Actually three started, but two were disqualified because they failed to eat 24 donuts – I think at least one of them threw up.

I am a genius for making tenuous links. As I was running my usual route, I came up with another random connection. How do you connect barefoot running, equality for women and the Olympics?

1984. Zola Budd would have also worked too. Read more here: http://runningmagazine.ca/2012/08/s...-running-olympics-women-and-barefoot-running/