A few weeks ago I was running down in town, when less than half a mile into my run (I was running in the dirt on the side of the road) a police cruiser pulls up behind me and two scary-looking cops get out. After they had determined I was not dead, dying, or being chased by some crazy rapist, the passenger-cop got back in the car and cop-of-higher-importance took down all my information.
I was actually trying not to laugh the whole time. I mean, how ridiculous IS that!? It's SO weird not to be wearing shoes, right.
So while this guy took 10 minutes writing down my info and radio-ing his fellow cops, I stood there freezing wishing I was moving. Not to mention I did NOT like getting the weird stares from every single car that drove by us. :-| E-M-B-A-R-A-S-S-I-N-G. But at the same time, I was almost kind of happy. Not only did it give me a good story for my blog, but now I feel like a "real" barefoot runner! LOL.
The aforementioned policeman asked a bunch of questions about barefoot running and seemed genuinely interested in why the heck I was doing it.
Later on in my run (on a very secluded road) a sheriffs vehicle drove up behind me with the driver doing the drive-really-slow-and-turn-your-head-to-stare-at-this-crazy-person-running-with-no-shoes thing.
Lucky for me he didn't stop and I'm thinking he had been radioed by the first car and was checking up on me. Or maybe just wanted to catch a glimpse of the spectacle for himself.
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So while this guy took 10 minutes writing down my info and radio-ing his fellow cops, I stood there freezing wishing I was moving. Not to mention I did NOT like getting the weird stares from every single car that drove by us. :-| E-M-B-A-R-A-S-S-I-N-G. But at the same time, I was almost kind of happy. Not only did it give me a good story for my blog, but now I feel like a "real" barefoot runner! LOL.
The aforementioned policeman asked a bunch of questions about barefoot running and seemed genuinely interested in why the heck I was doing it.
Later on in my run (on a very secluded road) a sheriffs vehicle drove up behind me with the driver doing the drive-really-slow-and-turn-your-head-to-stare-at-this-crazy-person-running-with-no-shoes thing.
uzzled: