If you saw a strange, mot­ley look­ing crew run­ning in Palo Alto Sat­ur­day with naked feet, that was us. Con­trary to what surely was the con­clu­sion of most passersby, we are not the lat­est new age cult to hit Cal­i­for­nia. We’re merely fans of nat­ural run­ning. Brought together by a com­mon inter­est in run­ning with­out shoes, we had gath­ered with Bare­foot Ted (of Born to Run fame) to learn, prac­tice, and improve our run­ning form and have a good time. Both goals were met.