I got to run this one on Veterans' Day. The course followed a series of tank trails through Fort Bragg training areas. Killer hills abounded, along with loose sand and pointy golf-ball+ sized gravel in 2 long sections. Out of 668 runners, we had probably 40 in VFFs, with another 40 or so in Merrill trail gloves and a few in racing or sprinting flats (with spikes removed). Not a bad showing for minimal running, particularly since I'm the only one I see around post running in minimal shoes, much less barefoot. The 1.5 miles of massive, chunky, sharpened gravel dissuaded even me from going it barefoot. Good run, though. It was lots of fun.