You're standing at the starting line...
..the gun is going to go off any second and the runner next to you asks, "why are you running barefoot?" You have literally a couple seconds to answer, what do you say?
My response is usually "I am more comfortable this way."
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The great advantage of our sport over all others is that we don't need a ball or a team or a field, or even, according to some, shoes. We just need to stand someplace, imagine ourselves in the center of a circle, pick one out of the 360 degrees available to us, and head thataway. ~Peter Sagal
"That girl in the orange stole my shoes! Let's get her!"
I dunno, some forum online said it was good for you.
I don't know how to run properly with shoes, it hurts everywhere
One word -- "footgasm"!
Because I can 
"The race brochure didn't say BYOS (bring your own shoes)"
You silently pull your kilt up and leave him/her in the dust as soon as the gun goes off?
You silently pull your kilt up and leave him/her in the dust as soon as the gun goes off?
And yell "FREEDOM"
Oh my gawd! Where are my shoes?!
Running Nike Free 0.0
"It perfects your form & reduces injuries. Why are you running in moon boots?"
No, it doesn't hurt!