I think in that case your a barefoot marathoner I'd certainly think a barefoot runner not need to run such a long distance just to be considered a runner. But maybe you were just kidding its hard for me to tell.I was told you can only rightfully add the word 'Barefoot' to your name after you have done a marathon in bare feet
For me, as soon as running barefoot is your default, your preference, and you only put on footwear when temps or terrain make barefooting difficult or impossible, you're a barefoot runner. Distance and racing have nothing to do with it. And no one owns the 'barefoot' moniker. And being a 'veteran' is way overblown. If you step out the door and run a block barefoot for the first time and the light goes off and you 'get it,' you are now a barefoot runner, and will develop a unique take on it that's worth sharing. For others it make take a while to get it, but once you do, you are a barefoot runner. You put on shoes and you feel like you're missing something, you miss the sensuous pleasure, your stride is a bit awkward perhaps, the foot feels sweaty and confined, and it's just not as much fun.
You put on shoes and you feel like you're missing something, you miss the sensuous pleasure, your stride is a bit awkward perhaps, the foot feels sweaty and confined, and it's just not as much fun.
Hey, this just popped into my inbox:I guess I would call myself barefoot-adjacent, since I am allowed to post here (so far ), and I don't primarily run bf, only when conditions are just so and lovely. Mostly I run in sandals, which I guess makes me a sandal-runner, but that's odd sounding.
In the end, I don't so much as call myself any kind of runner now, as I don't think of what I wear or not on my feet as special.
It only comes up when I talk about how I used to run in thick cushy shoes. In which case I begin with, "years ago, when I was wearing the big thick shoes..."