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  1. Can you run a race faster barefoot than with shoes?

    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 Community College runner Quin Johnson has competed barefoot on the track the past 2 college seasons (also runs XC meets barefoot where possible). She was...
  2. BFR Spotted: Two Oceans 'done and dusted'

    TJ, they didn't mention who the runner was or whether it was a male or female runner competing barefoot!
  3. High school runners competing barefoot

    Toe shoes and huaraches are both legally allowed in high school based on NFHS rules.
  4. High school runners competing barefoot

    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 what she told her mom and informed me on Messenger. Her time was 22:29.5 and she was the 5th runner on the team to finish.
  5. High school runners competing barefoot

    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 try to also get some Vibram toe shoes as well. The thing is,Amber seems very stubborn about wearing shoes because of her medical issues. She is...
  6. High school runners competing barefoot

    Will find out next week if they do let Amber compete sockfooted at the state meet.
  7. High school runners competing barefoot

    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 meet based on the picture that I saw in which Amber posed post race with her mates standing sockfoot. I will post the pic on the Facebook page and on...
  8. High school runners competing barefoot

    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 meet.I told them exactly what you stated in your reply in the previous posts! Hope they come to common sense now that they are aware that her medical...
  9. High school runners competing barefoot

    What the IDHSAA is saying is that all competitors must have laces and soles, according to what they told her mother.
  10. High school runners competing barefoot

    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 for Amber running in socks/barefoot is because she has trouble wearing shoes due to a medical issue in which her hips twist inward. Brenda has gotten...
  11. High school runners competing barefoot

    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 with no shoes this season. She is being known as the "barefoot runner" even though she actually runs in her socks.
  12. High school runners competing barefoot

    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 XC runner named Amber Johnston running a cross country race with NO SHOES on. She was running in a pair of ankle socks at an invitational meet. The...
  13. High school runners competing barefoot

    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. No other info is available due to the fact that the article containing the pic requires a subscription online.
  14. Can you run a race faster barefoot than with shoes?

    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 Mentz actually runs faster when she races barefooted than when she wears shoes. (Marne wears shoes on the track and on the road due to footing on the...
  15. High school runners competing barefoot

    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 meet. No other information given on this.
  16. High school runners competing barefoot

    From this past weekend: According to the Ottumwa(IA) Courier: Pekin(IA) girls cross country freshman Lauren Derscheid ran barefooted in the mud and finished 8th overall in the Varsity Girls White race at the Forest Park Cross Country Invitational near St.Louis Saturday (9/8). Pekin won the team...
  17. High school runners competing barefoot

    Found a pic from a meet in 2017 in Minnesota. A girls senior varsity runner from Mound Westonka High School, Amy Howarth, ran a 5K race at an invitational meet in bare feet. Will post the picture on the Facebook page.
  18. High school runners competing barefoot

    Please add to the thread if you see a HS runner from any school competing in bare feet during a meet. If there are pics, post them here as well. TJ will like them as well.
  19. High school runners competing barefoot

    Came across a set of pics on IG from a cross country meet involving Logan HS near Boise, Idaho(IG: @logantfxc). One of the pics shows a Logan boys runner competing barefoot in the meet. Will post pic on the Facebook page.
  20. One of my races got a new sponsor

    Did you run this race last year?