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This is not meant as a serious promotion of any shoe company, shoe, or non-shoe.  It’s just me waxing amazed.

About two months ago, when my feet were especially sore and bulbous (I have weird misshapen bones), I bumbled into some “barefoot” running shoes.  I bought them because any real running shoe hurt.

The barefoot shoes hurt too at first.  Getting used to them takes time.  They make you run on your toes/balls of your feet – a new sensation for plodding me, and difficult at first.

And frankly, even after giving the shoes time, it is hard not to be dubious. They are so thin, like a second rubbery skin;  they are ugly, like Hobbit’s feet; and they aren’t so great for just plain walking.  So, it’s a bit hard to believe that they are not secretly hurting your joints.

And yet, and yet, they are just so much fun.  Fun enough that they have turned me into sort of a runner–a slow, and not very far, but very light-footed (at least, I feel light footed), enthusiastic runner.

And so, I am waxing amazed – my friend up above too, who, unlike me, had to buy TWO pairs.

Incredibly weird, right?!