Racing photos of the Marburg barefooters

Marburg Lahn Valley Run, 2 March 2014:
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Wow! That really was wetter! How'd they know that?! ;)
 
Wow! That really was wetter! How'd they know that?! ;)
Quite funny: I met the mayor of Wetter, who had participated in the run himself, in the changing room. He asked me how bare feet perform on wet roads, and I had to tell him that they may even have some disadvantages compared to shoes under such conditions. Later when he conducted the victory ceremony (it was still raining heavily), he said to the audience: "You had to be very careful in this run not to slip and fall, but Martin told me that the situation was not better with bare feet". :)
 
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I always enjoyed my barefoot rain runs. I never found the surfaces to be too slippery, and I've run in some serious storms too. Oh, how I miss running barefoot in the rain. sigh.
 
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3. Wohra-Auenlauf (Run through the meadows at River Wohra), Rauschenberg, 23 August 2014:

A Marburg barefoot runner was the fastest woman in the 5 k run (21:49), and the fastest male barefoot runner completed the 10 k in 38:30.

Pictures by H. Schaake / Athletics Federation of Hesse (HLV):
Happy barefoot runners (1)
Happy barefoot runners (2)
Happy barefoot runners (3)
Happy barefoot runners (4)
Lisa finishing first in the 5 k in 21:49
The "boss" running behind the ladies
... and finishing the 5 k in 22:38
Kornelius finishing 10 k in 38:30
Katrin barefoot in the background

Seems like the first weekly barefoot running club in Germany (established April 2014) pays off :)

All the best,
Martin
 
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