Top Ten Reasons We Put Our Feet Together In A Circle

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10.The “Transference Prayer”. The “Toe Star” is the prescribed physical alignment for the silent recitation of the Transference Prayer. We all know it, though we never speak of it. Now, the silence is broken:

We pray for Mr. Bimble’s endurance, Guthrie’s speed, Allstate’s resilience, Scoobie’s discipline, Ultra’s calm, Spuds’ Scent, Chipper’s disposition, El Toro’s youth, Suds’ Oneness with Nature, OddJob’s bottle of tequila, IGGY’s SWEEEET iPhone, Dorothy’s Aid Stations, Lefty and Shellygirl’s “harmony”, Ticket’s North Cove Employee Discount, Nadia’s balance, Loopy’s love of 5AM starts…

9. The proximity of our feet is a recurring reminder of what has brought us together, and the circle is a symbol of the enduring bond we have formed.

8. Biological magnetic alignment. New research is showing that all animals, to greater or lesser degrees, have internal organs to sense “north”. There is always one Bimbler whose toes are pointing in the proper direction for our run. Do you know who that is? Hint: It is never El Toro, his feet always point towards food..

7. IGGY’s hidden agenda: We all need to keep our shoe inventory new and modern enough to avoid embarrassment at photo time, and IGGY’s secret photography patrons include Montrail, INOV-8, and New Balance among others. It was much less stressful when all IGGY asked us to do was pose naked for calendars!

6. We are all trying to provide a subtle visual object lesson for our friend Russ as to which shoe goes on which foot.

5. “Show and Tell”. We obsess about shoes more than Imelda Marcos, so it is only natural that we want to keep tabs on what shoes everybody else is wearing.

4. Our BBBs (Britain Born Bimblers) are trying to teach us the fine art of how to create “Crop Circles”, but we clearly still need a lot more practice.

3. Because Bimblers are open minded. So, despite the fact that we strongly believe trail running is central to life, we have all seen the bumper sticker that says “What if the Hokey Pokey really IS what its all about?” so we “put our left foot in, we take our left foot out” to hedge our bets.

2. Actually, this is what just occurs naturally if you tell us to all “line up”, and you do not provide us with a line!

1. This is the Bimbler equivalent of a “head count” for safety. Why count our feet instead of our heads? Well, if you have to ask that, you haven’t been a Bimbler too long…