But I am now.

I was out for a nice BF run (4.1 miles - my farthest ever  ) and being Fall in New England, there are lots of leaves everywhere.  As I was running and approaching a section of sidewalk that was covered in leaves, I thought "Wow, this should be nice, the leaves will be cool and crunchy and cushiony." and at first they were. 

But Lord, beware the stuff that can be hidden underneath the leaves.  I dont know what exactly it was that I stepped on, but I jumped about 3 feet straight up and howled like a werewolf (Note the Halloween reference there). 

I hobbled for a couple hundred yards before the pain dissipated.

On the up-side it was a good run.  A little pain in one foot towards the end, but nothing major, and the bottoms of my feet felt good the entire run.

I also ran past the local High School, not knowing they had a half day today, so I had to run past a couple dozen teenagers, and at least a half dozen comments about my barefootedness.

Jeff

I'm less scared of glass and the large sharp pointy rocks on the train tracks I cross barefoot than leaves.  At least I can see the rocks and the glass and be gentle on my placement, with leaves... you never know!  

Jeff, I need to get as tough as you though, where I'm at currently if I manage to hit something really hard I'm mostly sunk.  I'll start trying to change my landing as to not hit the sore spot, which in turns makes me stick my landing instead of placing down relaxed and gently which can quickly lead to bruised soles, blood blisters, loss of skin.  Probably has something to do with not enough endurance training on my part.  Usually, it's a stick in leaves :/

I was thinking something else was going to be hidden. Something disgustingly squishy and smelly.

Glad you weren't seriously injured!