You Know You’re a Barefoot Runner When…
By MuddyJ
You know you’re a Barefoot Runner when… (in no particular order)
- ….You can quote “Born to Run” verbatim, AND reference the chapter the aforementioned quote came from….
- ….You refer to shoes as “foot coffins“….
- ….when re-meeting people whom you have previously met at other races/events, you show them your feet and they say, “Ah HA! now I remember you! “
- ….You pronounce “Tarahumara” correctly… (Tara-oo-mara)
- ….Though you may have never met him, you can hear Caballo Blanco giving you training advice during a tough run…
- ….You refer to “Barefoot Ted” simply as “Ted”…or el Mono…
- ….You pronounce “huaraches” correctly (wah-rah-chiz)….
- ….someone else puts “barefoot” before your first name when talking about you…
- ….if given a choice between meeting the current US President, The Pope, and Christopher McDougall, the choice would be obvious….
- ….You know who Zola Budd and Abebe Bikila are….
