Americans can be proud as they have demonstrated that democracy works. People all over the world can see that we voted for the man whom we thought could do the best job for our country. We did not vote for a black man, we voted for an american. I am an older white woman who feels that every so often someone comes along who can touch people and I feel that Barack Obama is the one. I pray that everyone will give him the chance to do his job and support him. He will make some mistakes in the beginning, as all new presidents do, but in the end I feel he will try to do all that he has promised.
Barefoot running is nothing new. Back in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, the greatest Olympic marathoner of all time, won the twenty six mile marathon without shoes. Two time world cross country champion and former 5,000 meter record holder Zola Budd often trained and competed barefoot. More recently barefoot running has become a hot topic in the sporting world due in part to