There is a cross country/track runner in the college ranks who has proven that they can run faster in bare feet than in shoes. Former Mesa...
TJ, they didn't mention who the runner was or whether it was a male or female runner competing barefoot!
Toe shoes and huaraches are both legally allowed in high school based on NFHS rules.
Update: Amber finished 44th out of 70 runners in the girls class 3A race. She kept the shoes on the entire race (hips hurt and sore), based on...
Update: Her mom tells me on Messenger that Amber has to wear shoes at state. She went and got Amber some barefoot - like shoes for the race. She...
Will find out next week if they do let Amber compete sockfooted at the state meet.
TJ, I did not officially hear back from the IDHSAA,but it looks like they gave Amber special permission to run in her socked feet at the district...
TJ, I have sent an e-mail to the IDHSAA executive director demanding that they change their mind and allow Amber to run in socks at the state...
What the IDHSAA is saying is that all competitors must have laces and soles, according to what they told her mother.
TJ, I have some more information on this: I am now connected on Messenger with Amber's mother Brenda and she told me on Messenger that the reason...
Some more info: Her team's Facebook page(Priest River Cross Country) has told me that Amber has gone the whole season running practices and meets...
TJ, you'll like this one. From the October 3rd edition of the Bonner County Daily Bee newspaper in Idaho, there is a photo of a girls high school...
There is a pic on the Facebook page of a boys varsity runner from Texas who ran barefoot in a meet from September 13th on a water logged course....
TJ, I had a runner from South Africa tell me via Messenger( her name is Michelle Redelinghuys) that a teammate of hers in competition named Marne...
There is a pic now posted on the Facebook page of an unidentified girls cross country runner finishing a muddy race in bare feet at a high school...
