Running is your best medicine, and your feet are your best shoes. Humans are excellent long-distance runners thanks to our hunter-gatherer heritage. The COVID-19 comorbidities, i.e. the chronic diseases, including obesity, are sadly the result of the incompatibility between this heritage and our current way of life.

In other words, barefoot running is the smart way to achieve a healthy mind in a healthy body: Mens sana in corpore sano. By the way, rationally speaking, this means for instance that running marathons to keep one’s body mass index (BMI) on the lower side of the recommended range (18.5 kg/m2 to 24.9 kg/m2), is much more useful and relevant than any race medal, record or ranking.

The book: Running Barefoot for Human Survival

Le livre : Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains

 2010 Chicago Marathon - USA

10/10/2010
My results: 5:20:26
Certificate

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