I was out running my 1.5k route the other day when I ran past this guy who called after me. He said, “What are you doing brov? Why haven’t you got any shoes on?” I stopped briefly and told him that I didn’t need shoes and running barefoot was much gentler on the joints. ”But what about all the chemicals brov?”. I told him I didn’t want to cool down and had to go. ”Google Barefoot Running”, I told him as I ran off. ”And don’t worry about the chemicals, it’s a myth”, I shouted as I ran off gently down the pavement smiling. I’ve no idea what he was talking about with the chemicals, but it seemed the right thing to say.