Great achievement, but disappointing message:
"running barefoot so kids don’t have to"
I have to work so hard to get my kids barefoot or in minimalist shoes, even when they're inside at school or daycare--everyone's against it--that it's really frustrating to hear someone capable of such a great barefoot achievement say that running barefoot is wrong or best avoided. Instead of a celebration of barefoot running, and a more natural lifestyle in general, Rae's amazing accomplishment is being used to dismiss it out-of-hand. Unfortunately, only us narwhals will appreciate the irony.