The 2020 Los Angeles Marathon
Marathon # 213
Barefoot marathon # 70
Date: March 8, 2020
My Time: 4:25:46
By Dr. Barefoot Sidy Diallo
This was my last official marathon before the 2020 Covid-19 lockdowns, travel bans and race cacellations. I boarded the next day the Airbus A380 of Air France flight AF 65 from Los Angeles to Paris. The cabin manager who greeted me at the gate of the lower deck turned out to be one of the two finishers of the marathon I joked with in Santa Monica Pier after the race. He kindly upgraded me to the business class along with another French finisher. Sadly, like other airlines, Air France had to decommission its entire A380 fleet because of the unprecedented impact of COVID restrictions on air transport.
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).
Barefoot marathon # 70
Date: March 8, 2020
My Time: 4:25:46
By Dr. Barefoot Sidy Diallo
This was my last official marathon before the 2020 Covid-19 lockdowns, travel bans and race cacellations. I boarded the next day the Airbus A380 of Air France flight AF 65 from Los Angeles to Paris. The cabin manager who greeted me at the gate of the lower deck turned out to be one of the two finishers of the marathon I joked with in Santa Monica Pier after the race. He kindly upgraded me to the business class along with another French finisher. Sadly, like other airlines, Air France had to decommission its entire A380 fleet because of the unprecedented impact of COVID restrictions on air transport.
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).