Yup, me neither. I have to say, I still much prefer barefoot barefoot for 99% of my runs, but huaraches are almost always what I carry as emergency shoes and I live in them from March to October! So simple, so lightweight...and they keep people in the grocery store from staring.
So Lee, just to be clear, you *have* read BtR, right?
No, I haven't, but I kind feel like I already have. I know the basic story, that's for sure. I bought it and then gave it to my brother when he began to express interest in barefooting last year. The whole barefoot running explosion happened while I was away doing fieldwork in Africa (2004-2010). So I don't have a very good idea of what the BFR scene was like leading up to BtR's publication in 2009, but I do know that before I shipped off to do fieldwork, I felt fairly isolated as a lifestyle barefooter. That seems to be changing, and I thank BtR's influence for that. And knowing that there are others out there like me who prefer bare feet has helped me become a bit more committed to, yet not yet militant about, barefooting. My first exposure to the 'movement' came when I got home in 2010 and a month later my other brother sent me Daniel Lieberman's YouTube video "Barefoot Professor" or something, saying something like
hey, you've always liked being barefooted, check this video out about another barefoot anthropologist. I haven't read any barefoot books actually, but I read Jason's primer when I began running barefoot again shortly after I saw the Lieberman video. I think Jason says pretty much all you really need to know, especially if you already have experience with running and/or barefooting. I got Ken Bob's book too, but I haven't read it. I read a lot of technical and theoretical books so when I want to read for leisure I tend to surf the net instead of picking up another book.
Like you, when I'm not barefoot, or can't be barefoot, I prefer sandals. I used to just buy cheap rubber or plastic ones, or locally made leather ones when I'm abroad, but lately it's hard to find ones that are zero-drop at places like Target, so I bought the higher-end Lunas, which are quite nice, but what I'd really like is something with a strap that goes over the front of the foot and doesn't have a heel strap, so I can slip them on quicker, without bending down, which can be a slight hassle when I'm getting the kids out of the car to go into a store or something. There aren't any technical trails around here, and the harshest surfaces are mild chipseal, so there's really no need to run in sandals. In the winter I use the Moc3s when it's too cold to run barefoot, although even then I still use my sandals most of the time for just getting in and out the car. If I have to be outside longer when it's cold, I like the RunAmocs, which have a 6mm sole, which is plenty, even for sledding with the kids.