I would love to try it, but what freaks me out is to think I'll be stepping on nasty stuff. Also, from wearing shoes my whole life I'm a big 'tenderfoot'. I guess it would have to be a little at a time.

Did you try it? What did you think?
 
I used to hate running until I started running barefoot at the beach. I was convinced that I could start running regularly until I strapped on some shoes and hated almost every minute of it. But I tirelessly kept at it. Then a friend told me about barefoot running, so last night was my first attempt running barefoot at the track.
 
They say take it easy - but I find barefoot so much easier than shoes! I read somewhere that it should be no more than 1/4 mi at a time when first converting, but I finally stopped myself at 1.5 miles. I had runners high almost the whole length of the run. I think I'm a convert.
 
I haven't been to the Snail's Pace shop in a while. Do they carry Vibram FiveFingers, Feelmax or any other minimalist/barefoot-type shoe?

I might try out the Thursday run, although I'm still a pretty novice runner and I'm not confident enough to run barefoot in a group setting...
 
But Tuesdays sound great. I could use the practice/help (in shoes).
 
I'm going to keep this barefoot experience private for now. The stigma against bare feet is overwhelming.

You're right - definitely not trying it on wet pavement this Thursday.
 
I don't have VFFs, which seem to make it more socially acceptable. I'm talking about foot-commando.

Injinji makes amazing wool socks (their "outdoor" line) that fit in five fingers, keep your feet warm and mostly dry (it takes a LOT to soak them through), and prevent blisters.  My five fingers have gone through rivers, rain, ice, snow, up and down mountains...no blisters as long as I wear injinji socks too.
 
Josh somehow wears them through all kinds of terrain/weather without socks and doesn't get blisters...I'm jealous...