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Ken Bob Saxton, Surf City Run (1998 July 4) Huntington Beach CA
Summary
It was bound to happen eventually… while racing barefoot, I won a pair of shoes!
Statistics
- 5.00 Kilometer
- 00:18:36 (official time)
- 4 Barefoot 5.00 Kilometer races from 1998 to 1998/07/04
- 17 Barefoot races (any distance) from 1998 to 1998/07/04
- My Distance=5.00 Kilometer
- My time: 00:18:36
- Barefoot
- Overall place: 20
- Age division (age = 42) : 1
- surface (0-10): 6
- hills (0-10): 1
- Description: asphalt, concrete
- Location: Worthy Park
- City: Huntington Beach
- State: California
Story
I’ve often wondered if the running shoe companies were involved in a conspiracy to insure that barefoot runners are rarely, if ever, seen winning races.
But there’s another conspiracy that’s designed to make sure that any fast runners don’t stay fast for long.
If someone wins a local race, like I just did in Huntington Beach at the Surf City Run (residents only race), then they might win a pair of shoes. This, of course slows them down in future races, so that others can win. In case the runner is still fast enough, despite being handicapped by running shoes, to win bigger races, then they might win a car. Then the runner starts driving everywhere, and, like most Americans, looses fitness, and slows down.
At least this conspiracy helps level the playing field, so new fast runners can win races
But, I gave my new shoes away, so the plan isn’t going to work on me, at least not until I win that new car!
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- Ken Bob Saxton, Surf City Run (1998 July 4) Huntington Beach CA
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- Award 1st place in age division (1998 July 4) Surf City Run, Huntington Beach CA
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The bottom of my feet seem to get stickers, then the tuff skin grows over and I keep getting sore spots on my soles.
Pull the stickers out of your feet before continuing walking or running (that only pushes the stickers in further). Then try to stay on trails or paths which are frequently traveled (most of the stickers get pushed off to the side by traffic, or stuck in the bottoms of someone else’s shoes).
Also walk and run gently, try starting at the beginning:
http://barefootrunning.com/?page_id=109
Stickers? Things that stick to the feet?
Stickers or prickers; things that stick IN your feet; thorns, shards of glass, pieces of wire, screws, nails, etc…
Aha! Of course they should be removed immediately