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<channel><title><![CDATA[Global Running Human - Blog]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blog]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:49:06 +0200</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:19:31 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day</guid><description><![CDATA[ 				 				  Barefoot running may seem a daunting challenge, but it&rsquo;s not. I've received many questions from some who have already started with a record not always satisfactory. Since 2010, I have done over 350 marathons and ultramarathons all over the world and I try to encourage other people to join the trend, barefoot, preferably, because running is a normal human activity.So I launched, on April 8, 2018, at the Paris Marathon, my new racing t-shirts, which carry two messages. The first  [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div> 				<div id='836542079661202238-gallery' class='imageGallery' style='line-height: 0px; padding: 0; margin: 0'><div id='836542079661202238-imageContainer0' style='float:left;width:49.95%;margin:0;'><div id='836542079661202238-insideImageContainer0' style='position:relative;margin:5px;'><div class='galleryImageHolder' style='position:relative; width:100%; padding:0 0 75%;overflow:hidden;'><div class='galleryInnerImageHolder'><a href='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-20180818-122022275-burst023_6_orig.jpg' rel='lightbox[gallery836542079661202238]'><img src='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-20180818-122022275-burst023_6.jpg' class='galleryImage' _width='800' _height='600' style='position:absolute;border:0;width:100%;top:-0%;left:0%' /></a></div></div></div></div><div id='836542079661202238-imageContainer1' style='float:left;width:49.95%;margin:0;'><div id='836542079661202238-insideImageContainer1' style='position:relative;margin:5px;'><div class='galleryImageHolder' style='position:relative; width:100%; padding:0 0 75%;overflow:hidden;'><div class='galleryInnerImageHolder'><a href='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-20190111-102151503_5_orig.jpg' rel='lightbox[gallery836542079661202238]'><img src='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-20190111-102151503_5.jpg' class='galleryImage' _width='800' _height='600' style='position:absolute;border:0;width:100%;top:-0%;left:0%' /></a></div></div></div></div><span style='display: block; clear: both; height: 0px; overflow: hidden;'></span></div> 				<div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>  <div class="paragraph"><strong><a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/barefoot.html" target="_blank">Barefoot running </a></strong>may seem a daunting challenge, but it&rsquo;s not. I've received many questions from some who have already started with a record not always satisfactory. <strong>Since 2010, I have done<a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/42k--ultras.html" target="_blank"> over 350 marathons and ultramarathons</a> all <a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/countries.html" target="_blank">over the world</a></strong> and I try to encourage other people to join the trend, barefoot, preferably, because running is a normal human activity.<br /><br /><strong>So I launched, on April 8, 2018, at <a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/22018-04-08-paris-marathon.html" target="_blank">the Paris Marathon</a></strong>, my new racing t-shirts, which carry two messages. The first message, written in English on the back of the t-shirts and inspired by my experience of <a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/48-marathons-in-six-continents-in-2013.html" target="_blank"><strong>48 marathons in 2013</strong></a>, focuses on the natural capacities of humans to run tens or even hundreds of marathons in one year. The second message, featured on the front of the t-shirts, &ldquo;Running barefoot&mdash;Join the trend!&rdquo; also invites spectators, visitors to my website, and people I meet, to follow my example.<br />&nbsp;<br />Why barefoot?<br />The simple answer is: &ldquo;Why not barefoot?&rdquo;<br /><br />Natural running, i.e. on our bare feet, still has a long way to go, because the belief in protecting shoes is so deeply ingrained in our minds. This probably explains the fact that when it comes to walking or running barefoot, the right question is not the one that comes most easily to mind. Be aware, however, that Rome wasn&rsquo;t built in a day, so do not expect to become overnight a barefoot runner! In other words, running immediately barefoot on weakened legs and feet through decades of wearing shoes may not be a good idea. So I started by learning to walk barefoot and I still walk a lot, leaving the car in the garage.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.<br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homo sapiens Is a Tropical Species]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/homo-sapiens-is-a-tropical-species]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/homo-sapiens-is-a-tropical-species#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:27:13 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/homo-sapiens-is-a-tropical-species</guid><description><![CDATA[I did in January 2014 my first trip to Antarctica, the only one of the Seven Continents where humans cannot run a marathon with unprotected feet, as Homo sapiens is a tropical species. No wonder, then, that the penguins came close to me, as if to say: &ldquo;Welcome to our home, buddy, but this is our natural habitat, not yours, take care of your body!&rdquo;See more photos   				 				 [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><font size="4"><strong>I did in January 2014 <a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/1-le-white-continent-marathon.html" target="_blank">my first trip to Antarctica</a></strong>, the only one of the Seven Continents where humans cannot run a marathon with unprotected feet, as <em>Homo sapiens</em> is a tropical species. No wonder, then, that the penguins came close to me, as if to say: &ldquo;Welcome to our home, buddy, but this is <em>our</em> natural habitat, not yours, take care of your body!&rdquo;<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/1-le-white-continent-marathon.html" target="_blank">See more photos</a></strong></font><br></div>  <div><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div> 				<div id='616519759381053970-gallery' class='imageGallery' style='line-height: 0px; padding: 0; margin: 0'><div id='616519759381053970-imageContainer0' style='float:left;width:49.95%;margin:0;'><div id='616519759381053970-insideImageContainer0' style='position:relative;margin:5px;'><div class='galleryImageHolder' style='position:relative; width:100%; padding:0 0 75%;overflow:hidden;'><div class='galleryInnerImageHolder'><a href='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-8430_2_orig.jpg' rel='lightbox[gallery616519759381053970]'><img src='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-8430_2.jpg' class='galleryImage' _width='800' _height='533' style='position:absolute;border:0;width:112.57%;top:0%;left:-6.29%' /></a></div></div></div></div><div id='616519759381053970-imageContainer1' style='float:left;width:49.95%;margin:0;'><div id='616519759381053970-insideImageContainer1' style='position:relative;margin:5px;'><div class='galleryImageHolder' style='position:relative; width:100%; padding:0 0 75%;overflow:hidden;'><div class='galleryInnerImageHolder'><a href='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-8446_3_orig.jpg' rel='lightbox[gallery616519759381053970]'><img src='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-8446_3.jpg' class='galleryImage' _width='800' _height='533' style='position:absolute;border:0;width:112.57%;top:0%;left:-6.29%' /></a></div></div></div></div><span style='display: block; clear: both; height: 0px; overflow: hidden;'></span></div> 				<div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[L’homo sapiens est une espèce tropicale]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/lhomo-sapiens-est-une-espece-tropicale]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/lhomo-sapiens-est-une-espece-tropicale#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:19:38 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/lhomo-sapiens-est-une-espece-tropicale</guid><description><![CDATA[J'avais effectu&eacute;, en janvier 2014, mon premier voyage en Antarctique, le seul des 7 continents o&ugrave; les humains ne peuvent pas courir un marathon avec des pieds non prot&eacute;g&eacute;s, car l&rsquo;homo sapiens est une esp&egrave;ce tropicale. Pas &eacute;tonnant, donc, que les manchots soient venus pr&egrave;s de moi comme pour me dire&nbsp;:&thinsp;Tu es le bienvenu chez nous, cher ami&thinsp;; mais ici, c&rsquo;est notre habitat naturel, pas le tien&thinsp;; prends soin de ton  [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><font size="4">J'avais effectu&eacute;, en janvier 2014, <strong><a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/1-le-white-continent-marathon.html" target="_blank">mon premier voyage en Antarctique,</a></strong> le seul des 7 continents o&ugrave; les humains ne peuvent pas courir un marathon avec des pieds non prot&eacute;g&eacute;s, car l<em>&rsquo;homo sapiens</em> est une esp&egrave;ce tropicale. Pas &eacute;tonnant, donc, que les manchots soient venus pr&egrave;s de moi comme pour me dire&nbsp;:&thinsp;<strong>Tu es le bienvenu chez nous, cher ami&thinsp;; mais ici, c&rsquo;est <em>notre</em> habitat naturel, pas le tien&thinsp;; prends soin de ton corps&thinsp;!</strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/1-le-white-continent-marathon.html" target="_blank">Voir plus de photos</a></strong></font><br></div>  <div><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div> 				<div id='933804950194075784-gallery' class='imageGallery' style='line-height: 0px; padding: 0; margin: 0'><div id='933804950194075784-imageContainer0' style='float:left;width:49.95%;margin:0;'><div id='933804950194075784-insideImageContainer0' style='position:relative;margin:5px;'><div class='galleryImageHolder' style='position:relative; width:100%; padding:0 0 75%;overflow:hidden;'><div class='galleryInnerImageHolder'><a href='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-8430_3_orig.jpg' rel='lightbox[gallery933804950194075784]'><img src='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-8430_3.jpg' class='galleryImage' _width='800' _height='533' style='position:absolute;border:0;width:112.57%;top:0%;left:-6.29%' /></a></div></div></div></div><div id='933804950194075784-imageContainer1' style='float:left;width:49.95%;margin:0;'><div id='933804950194075784-insideImageContainer1' style='position:relative;margin:5px;'><div class='galleryImageHolder' style='position:relative; width:100%; padding:0 0 75%;overflow:hidden;'><div class='galleryInnerImageHolder'><a href='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-8446_4_orig.jpg' rel='lightbox[gallery933804950194075784]'><img src='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-8446_4.jpg' class='galleryImage' _width='800' _height='533' style='position:absolute;border:0;width:112.57%;top:0%;left:-6.29%' /></a></div></div></div></div><span style='display: block; clear: both; height: 0px; overflow: hidden;'></span></div> 				<div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rome ne s’est pas faite en un jour]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/april-10th-2018]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/april-10th-2018#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 07:27:16 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/april-10th-2018</guid><description><![CDATA[ 				 				  Courir pieds nus peut sembler un d&eacute;fi de taille, mais ce n&rsquo;est pas le cas. J&rsquo;ai re&ccedil;u de multiples questions de la part de certains qui s&rsquo;y sont d&eacute;j&agrave; lanc&eacute;s avec un bilan pas toujours satisfaisant. Depuis 2010, j&rsquo;ai effectu&eacute; plus de 350 marathons et ultra-marathons dans les quatre coins du monde et j&rsquo;essaie d&rsquo;encourager d&rsquo;autres personnes &agrave; rejoindre la tendance, pieds nus, de pr&eacute;f&eacute [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div> 				<div id='865710820643970894-gallery' class='imageGallery' style='line-height: 0px; padding: 0; margin: 0'><div id='865710820643970894-imageContainer0' style='float:left;width:49.95%;margin:0;'><div id='865710820643970894-insideImageContainer0' style='position:relative;margin:5px;'><div class='galleryImageHolder' style='position:relative; width:100%; padding:0 0 75%;overflow:hidden;'><div class='galleryInnerImageHolder'><a href='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-20190111-102151503_4_orig.jpg' rel='lightbox[gallery865710820643970894]'><img src='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-20190111-102151503_4.jpg' class='galleryImage' _width='800' _height='600' style='position:absolute;border:0;width:100%;top:-0%;left:0%' /></a></div></div></div></div><div id='865710820643970894-imageContainer1' style='float:left;width:49.95%;margin:0;'><div id='865710820643970894-insideImageContainer1' style='position:relative;margin:5px;'><div class='galleryImageHolder' style='position:relative; width:100%; padding:0 0 75%;overflow:hidden;'><div class='galleryInnerImageHolder'><a href='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-20180818-122022275-burst023_4_orig.jpg' rel='lightbox[gallery865710820643970894]'><img src='https://www.sidy42k.com/uploads/2/2/3/6/22364986/img-20180818-122022275-burst023_4.jpg' class='galleryImage' _width='800' _height='600' style='position:absolute;border:0;width:100%;top:-0%;left:0%' /></a></div></div></div></div><span style='display: block; clear: both; height: 0px; overflow: hidden;'></span></div> 				<div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>  <div class="paragraph"><span><span>Courir pieds nus peut sembler un d&eacute;fi de taille, mais ce n&rsquo;est pas le cas.</span></span> J&rsquo;ai re&ccedil;u de multiples questions de la part de certains qui s&rsquo;y sont d&eacute;j&agrave; lanc&eacute;s avec un bilan pas toujours satisfaisant. <strong>Depuis 2010, j&rsquo;ai effectu&eacute; <a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/42k--ultras.html" target="_blank">plus de 350 marathons et ultra-marathons</a> dans <a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/countries.html" target="_blank">les quatre coins du monde</a></strong> et j&rsquo;essaie d&rsquo;encourager d&rsquo;autres personnes &agrave; rejoindre la tendance, pieds nus, de pr&eacute;f&eacute;rence, car c&rsquo;est une activit&eacute; humaine normale.<br />&nbsp;<br />J&rsquo;ai donc inaugur&eacute;, le 8 avril 2018, au <a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/22018-04-08-paris-marathon.html" target="_blank"><strong>marathon de Pari</strong>s</a>, mes nouveaux t-shirts de course, qui portent deux messages. Le premier message, inscrit en anglais sur l&rsquo;arri&egrave;re des t-shirts et inspir&eacute; de mon exp&eacute;rience de 48 marathons en 2013, met l&rsquo;accent sur les capacit&eacute;s naturelles des humains pour courir des dizaines, voire des centaines de marathons en un an. Le second message, pr&eacute;sent&eacute; sur l&rsquo;avant des t-shirts, &laquo;&thinsp;<em>Courir pieds nus &mdash; rejoins la tendance&thinsp;!&thinsp;&raquo;,</em> invite &eacute;galement les spectateurs, les visiteurs de mon site internet, ainsi que les personnes que je croise, &agrave; suivre mon exemple.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Pourquoi pieds nus&thinsp;?<br />La r&eacute;ponse simple est&nbsp;: <strong><a href="https://www.sidy42k.com/20182309-marathon-de-montreal---extrait-du-reportage-de-radio-canada.html" target="_blank">&laquo;&thinsp;Pourquoi pas&thinsp;pieds nus !&thinsp;&raquo;</a></strong><br />&nbsp;<br />La course naturelle, c&rsquo;est-&agrave;-dire pieds nus, a encore beaucoup de chemin &agrave; faire, car la croyance aux vertus protectrices du port de chaussure est fortement ancr&eacute;e dans nos esprits. Cela explique sans doute le fait qu&rsquo;en mati&egrave;re de marche ou de course pieds nus, la bonne question ne soit pas de celles qui viennent le plus facilement &agrave; l&rsquo;esprit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Sachez toutefois que, tout comme Paris ne s&rsquo;est pas fait en un jour, ne vous attendez pas &agrave; devenir du jour au lendemain un coureur pieds nus&thinsp;! En d&rsquo;autres termes, se mettre d'embl&eacute;e &agrave; courir sur des jambes et des pieds fragilis&eacute;s par des dizaines d&rsquo;ann&eacute;es de port de chaussures peut ne pas s&rsquo;av&eacute;rer une bonne id&eacute;e. Moi, j&rsquo;ai donc commenc&eacute; par apprendre &agrave; marcher pieds nus et je marche encore beaucoup, en laissant la voiture dans le garage&hellip;<br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do we have to run marathons?]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/why-do-we-have-to-run-marathons-or-ultramarathons-preferably-barefoot]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/why-do-we-have-to-run-marathons-or-ultramarathons-preferably-barefoot#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 15:23:18 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/why-do-we-have-to-run-marathons-or-ultramarathons-preferably-barefoot</guid><description><![CDATA[Dear Homo sapiens,Why do we have to run marathons or ultramarathons, preferably barefoot?Compared to quadrupeds, humans are poor sprinters, but excellent long-distance runners. In my childhood, like all children around the world, I loved to run and, for 5 years, I would run and walk nearly 10 miles a day, naturally and happily barefoot, between my native village and the nearest elementary school. That was in the early 1960s in the region of Fouta Djallon, in Guinea (a former French colony in Wes [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><strong>Dear Homo sapiens,<br />Why do we have to run marathons or ultramarathons, preferably barefoot?</strong><br /><br />Compared to quadrupeds, humans are poor sprinters, but excellent long-distance runners. In my childhood, like all children around the world, I loved to run and, for 5 years, I would run and walk nearly 10 miles a day, naturally and happily barefoot, between my native village and the nearest elementary school. That was in the early 1960s in the region of Fouta Djallon, in Guinea (a former French colony in West Africa). Afterwards, I moved to the city to attend the high school. In 1973, I was granted a higher education scholarship and sent to Havana, where I got my degree of doctor of medicine in 1980...<br /><br />A combination of exceptional circumstances helped me 30 years later, in Chicago, to get back the delight of running. Since then, I have been trying, through this website (www.sidy42k.com) and my exchanges with those I meet, to help as many people as possible to find again the motivation to run.<br /><br /><strong>Getting out of our comfort to run 26.2 miles is a wise way to go</strong><br /><br />For some, running marathons or ultramarathons reflects a certain degree of madness, especially when you run barefoot. But those people are terribly wrong, because the historical and anthropological reality attests to the fact that long-distance running is, on the contrary, a heathy, normal and vital activity for humans. Furthermore, we should practice this activity in the most natural way, i.e. barefoot. And make no mistake: this is a completely free activity by definition, therefore accessible to everyone. All the rest is a matter of catching the motivation?<br /><br />It&rsquo;s because we now have convenient access to food, that we have categorized long-distance running as a "sport", but it is in fact just a kind of simulation of the persistent hunting and other forms of getting food that our ancestors had to perform for millions of years in order to survive and ensure the survival of their respective species.<br /><br />We have obviously thought it wise to use our intelligence to free ourselves from all intense physical activity, by creating the conditions for a comfortable lifestyle our body is unfortunately not suited to, nor intended for. Hence the ever expanding epidemic of chronic noncommunicable diseases such as stress, depression, insomnia, overweight, diabetes, high blood pressure, other cardiovascular diseases or certain cancers, which paradoxically endanger our comfort, and even the survival of our species...<br /><br />Fortunately, we have inherited, all of us, the exceptional endurance capabilities of our ancestors, but the motivation and delight for physical activity we enjoy in our early childhood dissipate at the latest in our teens, when our reptilian brain becomes certain that we are not any more living in those times when humans had to run or walk long distances to get their hands on the precious food. The good news is that running a few marathons or ultra-marathons would be enough to definitely bring back the intense pleasure of running, and put us, by the way, on the path of the natural and sustainable solution to many of our problems.<br /><br /><strong>But why then barefoot?</strong><br /><br />Well, asking this question is, in a sense, to reverse the burden of proof, as walking or running barefoot is about not putting the shoes on, rather than taking them off. Therefore, we should in the first place question, quite legitimately, the belief in the benefits and the indispensable nature of wearing shoes. And ask ourselves, why should shoes become vital when our ancestors walked and ran barefoot for millions of years; they were able to travel long distances as often as necessary to feed themselves; all the organs of the human body are by definition perfectly suited to the accomplishment of their missions; even nowadays only certain humans wear shoes; and, finally, no other animal species uses these accessories?<br /><br />When you see the physical and health condition of most athletes who have just completed a marathon or ultra-marathon, not to mention those who had to give up, it is easy to understand that, if our ancestors had been wearing our beautiful sneakers for their persistent hunting, they would likely have been unable to hunt as efficiently and frequently as necessary to meet their dietary needs. Their species could have disappeared prematurely. And, logically, we would not be discussing shoes here today, because we would not exist.<br /><br />Thanks to advances in hygiene, medicine and pharmacy, we have finally mastered the acute diseases, mainly infectious diseases. The trouble is that we now expect the science to provide solutions and remedies to our chronic noncommunicable diseases, whose main cause is our regrettable physical inactivity, sometimes associated with an insatiable appetite.<br /><br />In this regard, while the chronic noncommunicable diseases are now the only major public health challenge in rich countries, low- and middle-income countries are now suffering from what the World Health Organization (WHO) refers to as the &ldquo;double burden of disease": &ldquo;While these countries continue to deal with the problems of infectious diseases and undernutrition, they are also experiencing a rapid upsurge in noncommunicable disease risk factors such as obesity and overweight, particularly in urban settings&rdquo;.<br /><br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pourquoi devons-nous courir des marathons ?]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/pourquoi-devons-nous-courir-des-marathons-et-pieds-nus-de-preference]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/pourquoi-devons-nous-courir-des-marathons-et-pieds-nus-de-preference#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:10:08 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sidy42k.com/blog/pourquoi-devons-nous-courir-des-marathons-et-pieds-nus-de-preference</guid><description><![CDATA[Cher Homo sapiens,Pourquoi devons-nous courir des marathons ou des ultra-marathons, pieds nus de pr&eacute;f&eacute;rence ?&nbsp;Compar&eacute;s aux quadrup&egrave;des, les humains sont des pi&egrave;tres&nbsp;sprinteurs, mais des excellents coureurs d&rsquo;endurance. Du temps de mon enfance, &agrave; l&rsquo;instar de tous les enfants du monde, j&rsquo;adorais courir et, pendant 5 ans, je parcourais 15 km par jour, naturellement et joyeusement pieds nus, entre mon village natal et l&rsquo;&eac [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><font size="5" color="#286c04"></font><strong>Cher Homo sapiens,<br />Pourquoi devons-nous courir des marathons ou des ultra-marathons, pieds nus de pr&eacute;f&eacute;rence ?</strong><font size="5" color="#286c04"></font><br />&nbsp;<br />Compar&eacute;s aux quadrup&egrave;des, les humains sont des pi&egrave;tres&nbsp;sprinteurs, mais des excellents coureurs d&rsquo;endurance. Du temps de mon enfance, &agrave; l&rsquo;instar de tous les enfants du monde, j&rsquo;adorais courir et, pendant 5 ans, je parcourais 15 km par jour, naturellement et joyeusement pieds nus, entre mon village natal et l&rsquo;&eacute;cole &eacute;l&eacute;mentaire la plus proche. C&rsquo;&eacute;tait au d&eacute;but des ann&eacute;es 1960 dans la r&eacute;gion du Fouta Djallon, en Guin&eacute;e (une ancienne colonie fran&ccedil;aise en Afrique de l&rsquo;Ouest). Ce fut ensuite le d&eacute;m&eacute;nagement en ville pour suivre les cours de l&rsquo;enseignement secondaire, puis, en 1973, une bourse d'&eacute;tudes universitaires et le voyage par bateau &agrave; destination de La Havane, o&ugrave; j&rsquo;obtins mon dipl&ocirc;me de docteur en m&eacute;decine en 1980&hellip;<br />&nbsp;<br />C'est un concours de circonstances exceptionnelles qui m'a permis 30 ans plus tard de retrouver, &agrave; Chicago, l'immense plaisir de courir. Je m&rsquo;efforce depuis lors, par le biais de ce site internet (www.sidy42k.com) et de mes &eacute;changes avec les personnes que je rencontre, &agrave; aider le plus grand nombre de gens &agrave; retrouver la motivation pour courir.<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Sortir de son confort pour courir 42,2 km ou davantage n&rsquo;est pas une folie, bien au contraire.</strong><br />&nbsp;<br />Pour certains, courir des marathons ou des ultra-marathons rel&egrave;ve d&rsquo;une certaine dose de folie, a fortiori lorsque l&rsquo;on court pieds nus. Mais ceux qui le croient ont terriblement tort, car la r&eacute;alit&eacute; historique et anthropologique atteste du fait que courir des longues distances est, au contraire, une activit&eacute; salutaire, normale et vitale des humains, que nous devrions pratiquer le plus naturellement du monde, c&rsquo;est-&agrave;-dire pieds nus. Et faut-il encore rappeler qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;une activit&eacute; par d&eacute;finition totalement gratuite, donc accessible &agrave; tous, et que tout le reste n&rsquo;est qu&rsquo;une question de motivation&nbsp;?<br />&nbsp;<br />C&rsquo;est parce que nous b&eacute;n&eacute;ficions d&eacute;sormais d&rsquo;un acc&egrave;s commode &agrave; la nourriture, que nous avons rang&eacute; les courses &agrave; pied sur des longues distances dans la cat&eacute;gorie &laquo;&nbsp;sport&nbsp;&raquo; alors que ces derni&egrave;res ne sont qu&rsquo;une sorte de simulation de la chasse &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;puisement et d&rsquo;autres formes de qu&ecirc;te&nbsp;d&rsquo;aliments que nos anc&ecirc;tres ont pratiqu&eacute;es pendant des millions d&rsquo;ann&eacute;es afin de survivre et d&rsquo;assurer la survie de leurs esp&egrave;ces respectives.<br />&nbsp;<br />Nous avons de toute &eacute;vidence cru bon d&rsquo;user de notre intelligence pour nous affranchir d&eacute;sormais de toute activit&eacute; physique intense, en cr&eacute;ant les conditions d&rsquo;un style de vie confortable auquel notre corps n&rsquo;est toutefois pas adapt&eacute; ni destin&eacute;&nbsp;; d&rsquo;o&ugrave; l&rsquo;explosion des maladies chroniques non transmissibles comme le stress, la d&eacute;pression, l&rsquo;insomnie, la surcharge pond&eacute;rale, le diab&egrave;te, l&rsquo;hypertension art&eacute;rielle, d&rsquo;autres pathologies cardiovasculaires ou certains cancers, qui mettent paradoxalement en p&eacute;ril notre confort, voire la propre survie de notre esp&egrave;ce&hellip;<br />&nbsp;<br />Par bonheur, nos anc&ecirc;tres nous ont l&eacute;gu&eacute;, &agrave; tous, leurs capacit&eacute;s exceptionnelles d&rsquo;endurance, le hic &eacute;tant que les ardeurs sportives de notre tendre enfance se dissipent au plus tard dans l&rsquo;adolescence, lorsque notre cerveau reptilien acquiert la certitude que nous ne sommes plus du temps o&ugrave; les humains parcouraient des longues distances afin de mettre la main sur la pr&eacute;cieuse pitance. Il suffirait pourtant de courir quelques marathons ou ultra-marathons pour r&eacute;activer d&eacute;finitivement l&rsquo;intense plaisir de la course &agrave; pied, et acc&eacute;der de la sorte &agrave; la solution naturelle et durable &agrave; beaucoup de nos probl&egrave;mes.<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Mais pourquoi donc pieds nus ?</strong><br />&nbsp;<br />Eh bien, poser cette question, c&rsquo;est en quelque sorte renverser la charge de la preuve, car marcher ou courir pieds nus est une d&eacute;marche qui consiste, naturellement, &agrave; ne pas mettre des chaussures, pas &agrave; les &ocirc;ter. Il faudrait donc plut&ocirc;t s&rsquo;interroger sur la croyance aux bienfaits et au caract&egrave;re indispensable des chaussures. Et surtout se demander au nom de quoi les chaussures seraient-elles devenues vitales alors que nos anc&ecirc;tres ont march&eacute; et couru pieds nus pendant des millions d&rsquo;ann&eacute;es, qu&rsquo;ils &eacute;taient eux capables de parcourir des longues distances aussi fr&eacute;quemment que n&eacute;cessaire pour se nourrir, que tous les organes du corps humain sont par d&eacute;finition parfaitement adapt&eacute;s &agrave; l&rsquo;accomplissement de leurs missions, qu&rsquo;encore&nbsp;de nos jours seulement certains humains portent des chaussures,&nbsp;et qu&rsquo;aucune autre esp&egrave;ce animale n&rsquo;a recours &agrave; ces accessoires&nbsp;?<br />&nbsp;<br />A voir l&rsquo;&eacute;tat physique et sanitaire de la plupart des athl&egrave;tes qui viennent de terminer un marathon ou un ultra-marathon, sans parler de ceux qui ont d&ucirc; abandonner, on peut comprendre facilement que, si nos anc&ecirc;tres pratiquaient la chasse &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;puisement en portant nos superbes baskets, ils auraient &eacute;t&eacute; vraisemblablement incapables de chasser aussi efficacement et fr&eacute;quemment que n&eacute;cessaire pour subvenir &agrave; leurs besoins alimentaires. Leurs esp&egrave;ces auraient alors pu dispara&icirc;tre pr&eacute;matur&eacute;ment. Et nous ne serions logiquement pas l&agrave; &agrave; en discuter.<br />&nbsp;<br />Gr&acirc;ce aux progr&egrave;s de l&rsquo;hygi&egrave;ne, de la m&eacute;decine et de la pharmacie, nous avons fini par vaincre les maladies aigu&euml;s,&nbsp;essentiellement des maladies infectieuses. L&rsquo;ennui est que nous nous attendons maintenant &agrave; ce que la science nous apporte aussi des solutions et des rem&egrave;des aux maladies chroniques non transmissibles, dont la principale cause n&rsquo;est rien d&rsquo;autre que notre inactivit&eacute; physique, associ&eacute;e parfois &agrave; un app&eacute;tit insatiable.<br />&nbsp;<br />A cet &eacute;gard, tandis que les maladies chroniques non transmissibles constituent d&eacute;sormais le seul grand d&eacute;fi de sant&eacute; publique&nbsp;dans les pays riches, les pays &agrave; revenu faible ou interm&eacute;diaire sont confront&eacute;s &agrave; ce que l&rsquo;Organisation mondiale de la sant&eacute; (OMS) appelle&nbsp;la <a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/fr/" target="_blank"><strong>double charge de morbidit&eacute;</strong>,</a> car &laquo;&nbsp;alors qu&rsquo;ils continuent de faire face aux probl&egrave;mes des maladies infectieuses et de la d&eacute;nutrition, ils connaissent &eacute;galement une augmentation rapide des facteurs de risque pour les maladies non transmissibles, comme l&rsquo;ob&eacute;sit&eacute; et le surpoids, notamment en milieu urbain.&nbsp;&raquo;<br></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>