Lake Minnetonka 1/2 Marathon 2012

A successful 2nd barefoot 1/2 marathon for the year! Finish time 2:04:52. 1487 out of 2450. Shaved 22 minutes off my time from the race in April, 99% attributed to my pace "group" Laura Jester, my support team Paul Jester, and my barefoot partner in crime Steve Jester. Without them my only other 1% chance of finishing this race faster was the 100% chance of rain we were supposed to get by 10am (race started at 8am) that turned into 100% no rain for the rest of the day after 6:30am.

 
Oh, and did I mention that there was about a mile of gravel trail we ran on starting somewhere near mile 11.5?  I lost 2 minutes to this section.  Laura and Steve managed to keep their pace and finished 2 minutes ahead of me.  Paul was kind enough to stay with me and make sure I didn't need to be carried back to pavement.  It wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't already have blisters on my toes from incorrect running form.  

Overall it was a really great day.  I had lots of fun running with my siblings, and I'm pretty sure Steve and I were the only ones running completely barefoot.  We even had an unofficial race spectator specialist tell us we were part Kenyan.  My goal for the next race (Summerfest Rock 'n Sole on June 23) is to run it barefoot under 2 hours, and hopefully without the blisters.