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Start date Jul 12, 2019

Barefoot 4th of July 10k Race Report

Thread starter Thea Gavin
Start date Jul 12, 2019

Barefoot 4th of July 10k Race Report
By Thea Gavin

What a fun race! I turned 60 a couple of weeks before, so I got to compete as the youngest (instead of oldster vs. young 50-year-olds) in my group . . . and placed 2nd in women 60-69! Woo hoo!

I also "dressed up" in my craziest red-white-and-blue running kit . . . I guess I'm old enough now not to care about looking silly?

Here's a more complete report (with some of those previously mentioned "silly" photos) on my blog:

https://theagavin.wordpress.com/2019/07/11/still-running-crazy-and-barefoot-after-all-these-years/

Happy (silly!) Trails!

Thea

Last edited: Jul 12, 2019

Thea Gavin

Love to hike and trail run with no shoes on

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Tedlet

Barefooters

Jul 12, 2019

#2

Nicely done!
(& 2nd place too...

)

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Barefoot TJ

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Jul 12, 2019

#3

You look great! Thanks for sharing! I've mirrored your report to the home page.

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"Go! I am sending you out ...do not take sandals." ~Jesus
“What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize that the foot is more noble than the shoe?” ~Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
"The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art." ~Leonardo da Vinci
"How one runs probably is more important than what is on one’s feet, but what is on one’s feet may affect how one runs." ~Dr. Daniel Lieberman
"Barefoot is the default." ~Bare Lee
"Shoes do no more for the foot than a hat does for the brain." ~Dr. Mercer Rang
"Running Nike Free 0.0" ~me

My Posterity Footprint
I leave my footprint for you to see
the damage that shoes did to me.
My foot is no longer nice and wide
but narrow and cramped in shoes they hide.
No longer are my feet healthy and free
but diseased and sick, they bother me.
Take this as a lesson, so you may too
not be fooled into thinking shoes rule.
This is what society did to me.
I leave my footprint for the world to see. ~me

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trevize1138

Barefooters

Jul 12, 2019

#4

That smile! Nice work on 2nd!

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Thea Gavin

Barefooters

Jul 12, 2019

#5

trevize1138 said:
That smile! Nice work on 2nd!

Thanks

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Thea Gavin

Barefooters

Jul 12, 2019

#6

Barefoot TJ said:
You look great! Thanks for sharing! I've mirrored your report to the home page.

Thanks

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bfsailor

Barefooters

Jul 12, 2019

#7

Great job! And great pictures too! Looks like a fun race.

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IOANNIS GERONIKOLOS

Barefooters

Aug 16, 2019

#8

ΗΕLLO FROM BAREFOOT GRECE!

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Barefoot TJ

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Aug 16, 2019

#9

IOANNIS GERONIKOLOS said:
ΗΕLLO FROM BAREFOOT GRECE!

Welcome, Ioannis!

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"Go! I am sending you out ...do not take sandals." ~Jesus
“What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize that the foot is more noble than the shoe?” ~Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
"The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art." ~Leonardo da Vinci
"How one runs probably is more important than what is on one’s feet, but what is on one’s feet may affect how one runs." ~Dr. Daniel Lieberman
"Barefoot is the default." ~Bare Lee
"Shoes do no more for the foot than a hat does for the brain." ~Dr. Mercer Rang
"Running Nike Free 0.0" ~me

My Posterity Footprint
I leave my footprint for you to see
the damage that shoes did to me.
My foot is no longer nice and wide
but narrow and cramped in shoes they hide.
No longer are my feet healthy and free
but diseased and sick, they bother me.
Take this as a lesson, so you may too
not be fooled into thinking shoes rule.
This is what society did to me.
I leave my footprint for the world to see. ~me

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