Humans had run barefoot for millennia, and some still preferred doing so in the modern Stone Age of the mid-20th century, when the handful of people running for exercise often wore whatever they happened to have on at the moment of inspiration.
My parents are always like, 'Camille stop with the medical stuff!'
I would never hold my children back from that. I would never want them to resent me for holding them back from their father's wedding.