Time: 38:42
Place: 7/459
AG: 2/40 (although 3rd place overall was 35, so 1st by some criteria)
Dudes: 7/251
Shorts!
Iris got #666. Make of that what you will.
Read Beelza-Iris’ account of herself here.
You can see at mile 5 where Molly Nunn figured it would be fun to try to make me puke.
I neglect my finish line duties:
I’m a moron:
Fast barefoot running! Inspiring and awesome!
Nice runnin Champ! I didn’t even drive 10K today. This new blog has me tied to my couch, takes way too much time. My garage is going to hell.
Nice job! I’m not a 10k fan :p That’s too long to sprint. I can suffer through 5k of sprinting or 13.1 miles of slower sprinting, but 10k is just too long to suffer like that.
So… nothing about the shorts? I just plain don’t get you people at all.
What about the shorts?
I figured the shorts would be famous by now. Kyle, start here:
http://www.barefootjosh.com/?p=2007
you look more runnerish
You look like a mean son of a bitch runner now[in the short-shorts], in the long shorts-dare I say you looked like a slightly embarrassed to be a runner- but I’m gona run anyway [as long as it's after dark] sort of guy!!!
Being given 666 is just EVIL !!!
Hey is that a P.B./
Anyway your getting mighty fast, must be one of the fastest barefooters around, cool stuff :0]
See, they’re not that short. Congrats on the new PR. Cheers!
Yeah, those are nowhere near as short as I thought they would be after reading your previous description of them. Totally appropriate running attire.
Congrats on the awesomely speedy time, Josh!
LOVE the “On Wisconsin” tribute. You make me proud.
I am so impressed with your run. Just think of what you could accomplish in a speedo.
Kelly:
Runnerish! Exactly!
Rick:
Thank you, that was what I was going for. And frankly, I am a bit of a mean son of a bitch. Since I train so much on hills, I do most of my passing on ascents when the competition is hurting. Insult to injury, so to speak. And the old shorts were too, what’s the word… smiley, I think it is. The old shorts make me look too smiley. And yes, that’s a PB by almost four minutes.
Viper:
Yeah, but take a look at the shorts in my blog pic on the upper right. That’s what I was used to.
Ash:
Hm, maybe I should go shorter…
Shannon:
I seriously don’t understand my brain. I don’t know where On Wisconsin came from. You can imagine how I’m looking forward to running in a kilt!
Yes, the appearance of the shorts were definitely noticed, and it was a kind of “ta da” moment after the lead-up posts.
But, despite the fact that I may have appeared to abandon all sense of propriety in my life due to the fact that I run without shoes now, I still retain some sense of modest withholding, boundaries and general politeness when commenting on gentleman’s shorts. Having nothing to say that couldn’t open itself to some kind of misinterpretation, I chose to say nothing at all.
So, I guess I’ll just say that the amusing stories leading up to the final unveiling worked perfectly. Your pictorial “moment” made the dramatic impact it should and completed the little chapter on the switch to shorts in the story of Barefoot Josh very nicely. Congratulations!
Frances:
Wow, that was a splendid comment. But… what makes you think this chapter is completed? Shorts do come shorter, you know…