This story is too good not to share... Normally I run like at 3:00 am. in the summer because the heat here in Phoenix is brutal and especially now that I'm bf, the temp. of black asphalt makes it prohibitive to run that way after about 9:00 am. Anyway, it was about 8:00 this morning (slept in) when I took off for a 4 miler, when about halfway through my run, a cop turned on his lights and stopped me. He got out his squad car and asked if I was alright. He wondered that someone had to be chasing me for me to be running barefoot because of how hot it was. I said, "No, just training barefoot to strengthen my feet." He just gave me this weird look, got in his car and left. Thought to myself, certainly I should have said more and realized some things are just better left unsaid...