There's been some chatter in that "other" group about how most posters there are actually shod even if minimaly so, and I suppose Rick really did keenly observe that. The name of the forum seems clear, but "barefoot" must be assumed to mean minimalist to most I guess.
My first ever race was this past May in Grand Rapids, and as I watched the 25Kers come in I saw Jason barefoot of course, despite the 35 degree F temp. along with a few others.
The previous night I ran with 130 something other barefoot people even if they were'nt necessarily real runners, but they understood what barefoot meant.
Today I ran my 10'th race of the season/my life, and for the first time since GR found myself in a BIG race as far as numbers of runners goes.
Sure, I enjoyed the attention I received at the smaller races being the only barefooter around, and placing in my age group a few times made it all the more fun.
The Crim Festival of Races today in Flint Michigan had over 17,000 entrants. Maybe not as large as the G.R River Run's 23,000, but definitly not too shabby.
Still, I was the only barefooter!
I see links daily from either here, the "other" site, the SBL, or just Google News that makes it obvious that barefoot running is written about or talked about somewhere new every single day,
but IS ANYBODY OTHER THAN US REALLY DOING IT????????????
BTW, RR just in case anyone is interested:
7'th in age group, despite the old brick road start and finish. Not pavers, just true old school brick roads, total for the other distances less than a block, but of course for the 5K and the 5K only they changed the start to include an extra long block of it.
Earlier inspection revealed chunks of glass in the uneven gaps, but I went for it just the same. Mild hills and wind, yet 2'nd fastest time so far, just 42 seconds behind the LB PR.
Circumstances had me solo at the event, and in a Michigan downtown large event I just could'nt help but flashing back to that May race that started me off into this current journey.
Thanks again guys for all of the motivational interwebs influence y'all provide.
My first ever race was this past May in Grand Rapids, and as I watched the 25Kers come in I saw Jason barefoot of course, despite the 35 degree F temp. along with a few others.
The previous night I ran with 130 something other barefoot people even if they were'nt necessarily real runners, but they understood what barefoot meant.
Today I ran my 10'th race of the season/my life, and for the first time since GR found myself in a BIG race as far as numbers of runners goes.
Sure, I enjoyed the attention I received at the smaller races being the only barefooter around, and placing in my age group a few times made it all the more fun.
The Crim Festival of Races today in Flint Michigan had over 17,000 entrants. Maybe not as large as the G.R River Run's 23,000, but definitly not too shabby.
Still, I was the only barefooter!
I see links daily from either here, the "other" site, the SBL, or just Google News that makes it obvious that barefoot running is written about or talked about somewhere new every single day,
but IS ANYBODY OTHER THAN US REALLY DOING IT????????????
BTW, RR just in case anyone is interested:
7'th in age group, despite the old brick road start and finish. Not pavers, just true old school brick roads, total for the other distances less than a block, but of course for the 5K and the 5K only they changed the start to include an extra long block of it.
Earlier inspection revealed chunks of glass in the uneven gaps, but I went for it just the same. Mild hills and wind, yet 2'nd fastest time so far, just 42 seconds behind the LB PR.
Circumstances had me solo at the event, and in a Michigan downtown large event I just could'nt help but flashing back to that May race that started me off into this current journey.
Thanks again guys for all of the motivational interwebs influence y'all provide.