Dear Rachel McAdams: Letter Forty Six

Friday April 24, 2009

Dear Rachel,

I ran barefoot! I came home from school a little early and put on my running stuff except for the shoes, and just went running. It was weird at first walking out of my house without shoes, but once I started running it was fine. I didn't go very far, maybe a mile and a half because I wanted to go easy on my feet, but I think it was a success. I'll try to go a little further next time.

Speaking of running, I'll be running a relay in New Hampshire with some professors and grad students in my department next fall. I'm hoping by then I'll be comfortable running a race barefoot.

If you haven't tried running barefoot, I suggest you try it. If you put a picture of yourself running barefoot on that website, I bet a lot of other people would do it too. Actually, those people would probably try just about anything you tried. You should put up a picture of you running barefoot wearing snow pants and a blindfold. Then see how many people around LA are running barefoot wearing snow pants and a blindfold the next day.

Sincerely,

Nick Punto