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This is one of the reasons I moved from Palm Beach County, FL to Edgewood, NM. My next door neighbor is 300 yards away instead of 100 inches away. Although, you don’t dare walk around here without shoes. Everything out here has thorns. Even the thorns have thorns. I had to replace the front tires on my lawn tractor because of thorns.
I live in a small town of about 1500 people, and the local cops/hwy patrol had my phone number on speed dial whenever my teenage grandson was out with my car. I knew exactly what that kid was up to. Fortunately, he has grown up and I don’t get these calls anymore.
I spent a couple of summers in St. Helena Jeff, watch out for the thistles.
I live in a small village (population 946), and here everybody picks up after their dogs. Even though I’m well aware of the benefits of going barefoot that isn’t an option here: we have cows and horses, and they use the roads along with people.
“Folks here don’t foul their nests they way they do in New York.”
Here’s a post on my blog about a friend of mine who runs barefoot in New York City. He’s done over 9,000 miles so far.
“Barefoot Running In NYC and The State Of Barefoot Shoes”
NYC streets are far cleaner than you’d think. I’ve run barefoot there myself several times. And you won’t die if you step on horse poop. ;)
Love this, J.! All the best things in life are even better barefoot, aren’t they? Pet Brady for me, please/thank you.
The possibility of stepping on one of these is enough to make me keep my feet covered. On the other hand, my husband can replace the kids’ bike inner tubes in no time flat due to all the practice he’s gotten from their riding over these terrible weeds.
I urge all tough-guy barefoot runners to come to my thrice-weekly runs here in Vermont, in November, December, January, February, and March. We’ve still got snow on the ground, ice on the sidewalks, big pools of snowmelt.
Enjoy. I’ll still be sporting my New Balance 1080 v3’s.
Tuck:
“Folks here don’t foul their nests they way they do in New York.”Here’s a post on my blog about a friend of mine who runs barefoot in New York City.
He’s done over 9,000 miles so far.“Barefoot Running In NYC and The State Of Barefoot Shoes ”NYC streets are far cleaner than you’d think. I’ve run barefoot there myself several times. And you won’t die if you step on horse poop. “
You won’t die if you step in horse poop–that is true. And when I lived in New York it was the 70’s and dog poop was everywhere. The City is much cleaner today. That being said, the point of the piece was personal responsibility, as opposed to relying on government to “police” things.
Yeah – I have a gravel driveway full of those nasty things; and they latch onto shoe bottoms and come in the house, and they can poke your foot through the thick part of a Crock. Gotta get out the Round-Up this weekend.
Completely on board the barefoot thing, sort of – I’m on my third pair of Vibrams. Best shoes ever – and they’re machine washable, if your neighbors aren’t quite so good about the dog poop thing.
Croc, not Crock. New Ricochet doesn’t have Auto-Correct, does it?
Sounds like small-town civility is promoted by lack of a competitive marketplace.
Just sayin’.
I am not too fond of those myself. Especially when I step on them inside my house, when they’ve been brought in by my shoes. Though, thanks to wearing shoes outside at all times since I was little, my feet are quite tender and sensitive, so I avoid getting them actually into my feet.
As for the bikes, you might want to think about slime tires. Generally twice as expensive as regular tubes, but worth it in time and effort (when they go flat, just put more air in before going on another ride.
No one wants to admit this but there is some real truth in this. Competitiveness does breed incivility