July issue of WWVillage Post is up!

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Great article by Carolyn Parrs on women changing the world... and I've discovered the joys of barefoot running, which I share in Christine's Column. Check it out! :)

I would love to go barefoot more. Have limited opportunities and not the best of conditions for doing so. And I seem to have the world's most sensitive soles of the feet. Kind of a vicious cycle - can't go barefoot much, so I can't toughen up my feet, so I can't go barefoot much......working on this. Thanks for the inspiration Christine!

Try going barefoot around the house for a start, then outside, where the surfaces are less forgiving. I know that my soles get very thick and brownish when I am barefoot a lot. My chiropody sponge is never far from the shower recess, for a quick trim of the callouses, if my feet have to look smart. In winter, when I get about in shoes and thick socks, my feet end up like baby's feet by spring time. They even get pink on the soles and heels! I have given up closed in sandals. I now have several pairs of flip-flops for warmer months, so my toes can always spread out. They range from old ones for out in the garden, through solid, well-fitted ones for walking, through to black, smart ones for going to town and sparkly gold ones for after five. I even have one pair with steel caps for farm and workshop - just kidding on this last one!

crazy hard. No pink baby feet here- but I loath shoes. Viva the resistance to shoes! No shirt, no shoes, no problem.

I hate shoes too, and my standard footwear when I'm not in the office is a pair of cheap flip flops. I wear them walking on the treadmill, for long WW walks outside, for a 10-hour stretch at a theme park....in other words, always. I think I have good strong feet in all other ways, but I guess that layer of rubber has kept the soles a little bit over-protected.