!How long are the barbs - look to be about 1/2 inch. Can they penetrate all the way? Do they break off under the skin? I am sure glad I don't have to worry about those bad boys!
Yesterday around town, a boy maybe 4 points and starts giggling and yells, "no shoes! HAHAHAHA no socks! HAHAHAHA." Girls he's with also starts giggling the same. I smile and wave, and their laughter is so contagious I start giggling the same. Laughing so hard I almost forgot how to run.
Most of the ones I've seen (and stepped on) are a bit smaller, maybe 3/8 inch, but I've had some go through huaraches and VFFs, and I've read that they're even capable of puncturing a tire!
You basically feel as if you've stepped on a needle, so it would definitely make you stop, but the good thing is that as soon as you remove it (and that's pretty easy as opposed to some glass shards) the pain goes away immediately.
What I ended up doing is learn to identify the weed that produces them (the goat head is its seed) and try to separate myself from them as much as possible.
BTW, they're called goat heads because some of them, when rotated properly, actually look like a goat head, as you can probably see in this image:
Through the las Vegas airport, my family got ushered through the express security line. Meaning you didn't have to take shoes off or remove belts. The TSA guard was very frustrated with me. "Doesn't anybody read the signs?" she said rudely. I just tuned her out, a skill I have perfected having four kids, while my wife tried to explain that I wasn't wearing shoes to begin with.
I got called a freak this morning by a very cute woman who had passed me about a mile before - I was running silently but she was running silently in shoes which is a far greater accomplishment!Got a " Your Awesome " this morning from a young girl runner
She must have been going fast to pass you. You're pretty speedy.I got called a freak this morning by a very cute woman who had passed me about a mile before - I was running silently but she was running silently in shoes which is a far greater accomplishment!
I got called a freak this morning
Why thank you - but we only got up to about Spoonerweb's marathon pace!She must have been going fast to pass you. You're pretty speedy.
Sad...had a finger from a guy on a scooter...