54 Marathons and 1 Ultramarathon in 2023

By Dr. Barefoot Sidy Diallo
 
Running is the best medicine: At 68, I did 54 marathons and one ultramarathon in 2023.
 
So at 68 I'm planning to run tens of marathons in 2023 to stay fit and healthy. Long-distance running prevents chronic diseases and eliminate the need for harmful consumption. Long-distance running not only prevents chronic diseases, fatigue, vulnerability to pandemics, untimely aging and loss of mental or physical abilities, but also eliminates the need for harmful consumption.
 
My races will include many private marathons—like in the previous years since 2020. I did in January 2020 in Oman my first private marathon, for anthropological purposes, setting a highly motivating precedent.
 
Private marathons and ultramarathons later became my norm for the rest of 2020 because of the race cancellations and travel bans. As a result, I stayed fit and healthy throughout the pandemic with a strong immune system that dealt a decisive blow to Covid-19 in 2022, so much so that, after the required period of isolation, at 67, I easily ran 7 marathons in 6 weeks, namely the Barcelona Marathon on May 8, the Louvre Marathon on May 15, the Royan Marathon on May 21, the Edinburgh Marathon on May 29, the Stockholm Marathon on June 4, a Piss Off Marathon on June 11 and the Rio de Janeiro Marathon on June 19.

I did the following races in 2023:
My book Running Barefoot for Human Survival is available on Amazon in paperback and e-book format (French edition: Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains).

Below is my interactive global marathons map. It features most of the marathons (orange icons) and ultramarathons (blue icons) Dr. Diallo did on the seven continents. Zoom in to discover all the races, as many icons are overlapping.
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Dr. Barefoot Sidy Diallo’s interactive global marathons map