Friday, June 17, 2011
From Rock to Roadrunner: First Barefoot 5K
From Rock to Roadrunner: First Barefoot 5K: "Last Sunday was my first barefoot race!! And let me tell you, 5K never felt so good!! What amazes me is how much energy I have during th..."
First Barefoot 5K
Last Sunday was my first barefoot race!! And let me tell you, 5K never felt so good!!
What amazes me is how much energy I have during the race. Admittedly, I don't run like a cheetah (or even a slow chihuahua) but I DO RUN!!! This is still the amazing thing!! I run without pain and with more joy that I can possibly articulate!
Honestly, this barefoot running has completely blown my mind!!
I talk about it ALL OF THE TIME partly because it's cool and people do ask about it. But mostly because it feels like some kind of miraculous event has happened. I truly believed that I absolutely could not run. Why this is important is beyond me. But today, heading out of my house either barefoot or in my shoes, and looking forward to my run, it feels like a completely new reality - and a very cool one!!
The other reason that I love it is that it is healing something inside of me. It's like something got slowly disconnected inside of me over my life. Something between my mind, my body, whatever. It all sounds so corny and flaky. But it's true. There's something real and primal connecting itself. I don't know what it is. But I like it!! And God knows I don't seem to be able to be quiet about it!!
I can totally relate to the funny Barefoot Steve video in the previous post where people would almost think that it was some kind of religious cult where we have to change our name to "Barefoot Katrina" and stuff. Oh well, I've had worse obsessions. :)
Here is the picture of the three barefooters at the Bayfield 5K.
Besides the personal joy of running barefoot, it was really fun to see the reactions of all of the shod-folk. It was blowing people's minds that we had no shoes. Besides the obvious "Doesn't that hurt" and "What about the stones", I also got "People spit on the street!", and "What if you come across a condom?". But mostly it was just shock and awe.
Later, I thought it was incredibly funny that we ALL ran barefoot as children. Running barefoot in the streets is not something foreign that only other animals do. WE do it! And yet, it was so phenomenally strange that people were literally shocked that we would and COULD do it. Quite a commotion - very fun!!
It was also cool that the three of us represented a real varied ability to run. I was definitely back-of-the-pack-girl. (Not complaining - just reality). Aleksandar (on the left) was definitely one of the faster-to-mid runners. And Matt (on the right) took off like a shot pushing a baby stroller!! Very cool.
What amazes me is how much energy I have during the race. Admittedly, I don't run like a cheetah (or even a slow chihuahua) but I DO RUN!!! This is still the amazing thing!! I run without pain and with more joy that I can possibly articulate!
Honestly, this barefoot running has completely blown my mind!!
I talk about it ALL OF THE TIME partly because it's cool and people do ask about it. But mostly because it feels like some kind of miraculous event has happened. I truly believed that I absolutely could not run. Why this is important is beyond me. But today, heading out of my house either barefoot or in my shoes, and looking forward to my run, it feels like a completely new reality - and a very cool one!!
The other reason that I love it is that it is healing something inside of me. It's like something got slowly disconnected inside of me over my life. Something between my mind, my body, whatever. It all sounds so corny and flaky. But it's true. There's something real and primal connecting itself. I don't know what it is. But I like it!! And God knows I don't seem to be able to be quiet about it!!
I can totally relate to the funny Barefoot Steve video in the previous post where people would almost think that it was some kind of religious cult where we have to change our name to "Barefoot Katrina" and stuff. Oh well, I've had worse obsessions. :)
Here is the picture of the three barefooters at the Bayfield 5K.
Besides the personal joy of running barefoot, it was really fun to see the reactions of all of the shod-folk. It was blowing people's minds that we had no shoes. Besides the obvious "Doesn't that hurt" and "What about the stones", I also got "People spit on the street!", and "What if you come across a condom?". But mostly it was just shock and awe.
Later, I thought it was incredibly funny that we ALL ran barefoot as children. Running barefoot in the streets is not something foreign that only other animals do. WE do it! And yet, it was so phenomenally strange that people were literally shocked that we would and COULD do it. Quite a commotion - very fun!!
It was also cool that the three of us represented a real varied ability to run. I was definitely back-of-the-pack-girl. (Not complaining - just reality). Aleksandar (on the left) was definitely one of the faster-to-mid runners. And Matt (on the right) took off like a shot pushing a baby stroller!! Very cool.
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