‘I don’t own any shoes - walking barefoot on glass doesn’t bother me’ - video Dailymotion

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00:00 So, I haven't always been barefoot.

00:03 I have to be honest, I think always

00:05 there's been a little bit of an interest,

00:08 at least. Even when I was in high school

00:10 growing up in northern Wisconsin

00:12 with frigid, cold winters, I seem to

00:15 remember trying to go outside barefoot.

00:18 I remember I was in Northport, New York,

00:21 and there was a 10K, the Cow Harbor 10K.

00:24 And I had never run a competitive 10K,

00:29 that's six kilometers, not really a

00:31 competitive person. But I decided,

00:34 hey, I'm gonna do this and I'm gonna

00:35 try to do it barefoot and see what happens.

00:38 I started out and I just found myself

00:40 passing dozens and dozens and then

00:42 hundreds and hundreds of people.

00:44 And I finished the race in about 44 minutes,

00:47 I think it was. It was the fastest

00:49 that I've ever ran. You know, really

00:52 one of the fastest I've ever ran

00:53 in my entire life, and it was barefoot.

00:56 I just found myself continuously

00:59 exceeding what I thought that I could do

01:02 with my body, and I found my body

01:04 working naturally. I go barefoot

01:07 pretty much everywhere, even in the

01:09 streets of New York or in the alleys.

01:12 I'm generally always barefoot.

01:15 Now, I put on shoes sometimes, of course,

01:17 especially when I'm visiting colder climates.

01:20 But generally, my goal is to try to be

01:23 barefoot as much as I possibly can.