Running is your best medicine, and your feet are your best shoes.

In other words, barefoot running is the smart way to achieve a healthy mind in a healthy body: Mens sana in corpore sano.

The book: Barefoot Running for Human Survival

Le livre : Courir pieds nus pour la sauver les humains

After the easing of the 8-week lockdown that we had gone through in France because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I ran 15 marathons and one ultramarathon (60 km) in less than five weeks (May 11—June 9, 2020). Then I did the 90 km of the Race the Comrades Legends on June 14 in SQY Recreation Park, France, placing second in my age category, and I ran within the next six days, on June 15, 18 and 20, three more marathons. All the races are documented by my Garmin GPS watch. The purpose was to show that long-distance running is meant to be one of the utmost pleasant activities for humans, and therefore a pain, injury and fatigue-free experience. The big challenge for today’s humans is to understand that, forget the inefficient and lazy quick fixes, and start enjoying the privilege of running like our ancestors, i.e. barefoot or with minimal protection, when the temperatures or the nature of the ground so require. As I explain in my book: Running Barefoot for Human Survival, running is your best medicine, and your feet are your best shoes. The icing on the cake: barefoot running is the smart way to achieve a healthy mind in a healthy body (Mens sana in corpore sano).

225 Marathons & Ultramarathons Since october 2010

Marathons

2010

1/1. 2010 Chicago Marathon, US: 5:20:26

2011

1/2. 2011 Paris Marathon, France: 3:46:45
2/3. 2011 Mississauga Marathon, Canada: 3:55:41
3/4. 2011 Carmel Marathon, US: 3:42:19
4/5. 2011 Marquette Marathon, US: 3:34:03
5/6. 2011 Chicago Marathon, US: 3:23:02
6/7. 2011 Las Vegas Marathon, US: 3:46:47

2012

1/8. 2012 Miami Marathon, US: 3:39:07
2/9. 2012 New-Orleans Marathon, US: 3:35:14
3/10. 2012 Los Angeles Marathon, US: 3:49:14
4/11. 2012 Boston Marathon, US: 3:54:45
5/12. 2012 Nashville Marathon, US: 3:37:07
6/13. 2012 Seattle Marathon, US: 3:45:58
7/14. 2012 San Francisco Marathon, US: 3:43:16
8/15. 2012 Helsinki Marathon, Finland: 3:41:09
9/16. 2012 Berlin Marathon, Germany: 3:14:13 (PR)
10/17. 2012 La Rochelle Marathon, France: 3:53:13
11/18. 2012 Lisbon Marathon, Portugal: 3:39:35
12/19. 2012 Pisa Marathon, Italy: 3:37:54

2013

1/20. 2013 New Year Marathon, Switzerland: 4:47:25
2/21. 2013 Gran Canaria Marathon, Spain: 3:52:47
3/22. 2013 Marrakech Marathon, Marroco: 3:22:06
4/23. 2013 Saint Valentine Marathon, Italy: 3:51:11
5/24. 2013 Sevilla Marathon, Spain: 3:57:25
6/25. 2013 Treviso Marathon, Italy: 4:24:42
7/26. 2013 Bienwald Marathon, Germany: 4:23:12
8/27. 2013 Rome Marathon de Rome, Italy: 4:38:28
9/28. 2013 Marseille Marathon, France: 4:20:04
10/29. 2013 Paris Marathon, France: 3:56:51
11/30. 2013 Rotterdam Marathon, Netherlands: 3:57:27
12/31. 2013 London Marathon, UK: 4:45:09
13/32. 2013 Madrid Marathon, Spain: 4:12:35
14/33. 2013 Sénart Marathon, France: 4:29:02
15/34. 2013 Geneva Marathon, Switzerland: 4:54:02
16/35.  2013 Route du Louvre Marathon, France: 4:52:05
17/36. 2013 Great Wall of China Marathon, China: 5:36:51
18/37. 2013 Poitiers Futuroscope Marathon, France: 4:08:30
19/38. 2013 Stockholm Marathon, Sweden: 3:57:40
20/39. 2013 Luxemburg Marathon, Luxemburg: 3:57:23
21/40. 2013 Marathon de la Liberté, France: 3:45:22
22/41. 2013 Karlsruhe Night Marathon, Germany: 4:33:22
23/42. 2013 Marne et Gondoire Marathon, France: 4:17:40
24/43. 2013 Rio de Janeiro Marathon, Brazil: 4:11:21
25/44. 2013 Mauritius Marathon, Mauritius: 3:55:26
26/45. 2013 Australian Outback Marathon, Australia: 3:47:52
27/46. 2013 Saint-André-des-Eaux Marathon, France: 3:48:10
28/47. 2013 Monschau Marathon, Germany: 3:57:07
29/48. 2013 Helsinki Marathon, Finland: 3:48:01
30/49. 2013 Reykjavik Marathon, Iceland: 3:52:46
31/50. 2013 Oussaillès Marathon, France: 3:44:16
32/51. 2013 Münster Marathon, Germany: 3:50:29
33/52. 2013 Wachau Marathon, Austria: 3:52:07
34/53. 2013 Karlsruhe Marathon, Germany: 3:55:41
35/54. 2013 Einstein Marathon, Germany: 3:52:36
36/55. 2013 Lyon Marathon, France: 3:52:25
37/56. 2013 Cologne Marathon, Germany: 3:53:22
38/57. 2013 Amsterdam Marathon, Netherlands: 3:55:43
39/58. 2013 Frankfurt Marathon, Germany: 3:55:10
40/59. 2013 New York City Marathon, US: 4:25:14
41/60. 2013 French Riviera, France: : 3:54:13
42/61. 2013 Valencia Marathon, Spain: 3:56:33
43/62. 2013 Florence Marathon, Italy: 3:57:36
44/63. 2013 Cayman Islands Marathon, Cayman Islands: 3:52:31
45/64. 2013 Honolulu Marathon, US: 3:51:21
46/65. 2013 Pisa Marathon, Italy: 3:39:09
47/66. 2013 Heiligabend Marathon, Germany: 04:09:38
48/67. 2013 Saint Sylvester Marathon, Italy: 3:39:47

2014

1/68. 2014 White Continent Marathon, Antarctica: 4:47:42
2/69. 2014 Punta Arenas Marathon, Chile: 3:46:47
3/70. 2014 Tokyo Marathon, Japan: 3:48:47
4/71. 2014 Barcelone Marathon, Spain: 3:46:11
5/72. 2014 Paris Marathon, France: 3:54:35
6/73. 2014 Vienna Marathon, Austria: 3:49:26
7/74. 2014 Boston Marathon, US: 3:46:35
8/75. 2014 Dusseldorf Marathon, Germany: 3:42:33
9/76. 2014 Sénart Marathon, France: 3:49:12
10/77. 2014 Hamburg Marathon, Germany: 3:51:42
11/78. 2014 Riga Marathon, Latvia: 3:48:49
12/79. 2014 Mont Saint-Michel Marathon, France: 3:49:11
13/80. 2014 Marne et Gondoire Marathon, France: 4:03:33
14/81. 2014 Liechtenstein Marathon, Liechtenstein: 5:27:52
15/82. 2014 Monschau Marathon, Germany: 4:06:02
16/83. 2014 Oussaillès Marathon, France: 03:33:34
17/84. 2014 Cologne Marathon, Germany: 4:10:06
18/85. 2014 Oslo Marathon, Norway: 3:35:01
19/86. 2014 Berlin Marathon, Germany: 03:37:31
20/87. 2014 Brussels Marathon: 3:38:36
21/88. 2014 Chicago Marathon: 3:46:25
22/89. 2014 Montpellier Marathon, France: 3:53:32
23/90. 2014 Toulouse Marathon, France: 3:45:43
24/91. 2014 Athens Marathon, Greece: 3:51:14
25/92. 2014 Havana Marathon, Cuba: 3:46:11
26/93. 2014 Beaujolais Marathon, France: 3:54:30
27/94. 2014 La Rochelle Marathon, France: 3:48:06
28/95. 2014 Malaga Marathon, Spain: 3:53:32
29/96. 2014 Reggio Emilia Marathon, Italy: 3:48:50
30/97. 2014 Pisa Marathon, Italy: 3:47:21
31/98. 2014 Peter Wieneke Geburstags-Marathon, Germany: 3:53:19

2015

1/99. 2015 Walt Disney World Marathon, US: 4:09:02
2/100. 2015 Bahamas Marathon, Bahamas: 3:55:37
3/101. 2015 Torcy International Marathon, France: 4:05:39
4/102. 2015 Southern Cross Marathon, Chile: 3:58:41
5/103. 2015 Marathon Sri Chinmoy de Paris, France: 4:11:47
6/104. 2015 Rome Marathon, Italy: 3:53:35
7/105. 2015 Limassol Marathon, Cyprus: 3:45:16
8/106. 2015 Paris Marathon, France: 3:49:47
9/107. 2015 Albi Marathon, France: 4:27:02
10/108. 2015 Prague Marathon, Czech Republic: 4:32:23
11/109. 2015 Copenhagen Marathon, Denmark: 3:56:34
12/110. 2015 Marne & Gondoire Marathon, France: 4:17:39
13/111. 2015 Vignoble d'Alsace Marathon, France: 5:00:23
14/112. 2015 Saint Petersburg Marathon, Russia: 4:03:41
15/113. 2015 Tallinn Marathon, Estonia: 3:49:55
16/114. 2015 Moscow Marathon, Russia: 4:03:27
17/115. 2015 Warsaw Marathon, Poland: 3:57:37
18/116. 2015 Bucharest Marathon, Rumania: 3:57:17
19/117. 2015 Zagreb Marathon, Croatia: 3:57:13 (barefoot)
20/118. 2015 Dublin Marathon, Ireland: 4:59:12 (barefoot)
21/119. 2015 French Riviera Marathon, France: 4:44:58 (barefoot)
22/120. 2015 Beaujolais Marathon, France: 4:13:48

2016

1/121. 2016-01-03: Marathon de Cernay-La-Ville, France: 4:33:13
2/122. 2016-01-31: San Juan Harbor Marathon, Puerto Rico: 4:58:19
3/123. 2016-02-01: St Thomas Cove Marathon, US Virgin Islands: 5:42:01
4/124. 2016-02-02 : Carnival Cruise Marathon, Caribbean Sea: 6:23:12
5/125. 2016-02-03: Carlisle Bay Marathon, Bridgetown, Barbados: 6:06:13
6/126. 2016-02-04: Pitons Peak Marathon, Saint Lucia: 5:52:47
7/127. 2016-02-05: St Kitts Waterfall Marathon, Saint Kitts and Nevis: 5:55:01
8/128. 2016-02-06: Philipsburg Waterfront Marathon, Sint Maarten: 4:36:54
9/129. 2016-02-14: Dakar Marathon, Senegal: 4:39:18
10/130. 2016-02-28:  Malta Marathon, Malta: 4:27:16 (barefoot)
11/131. 2016-03-27: Sri Chinmoy Marathon de Paris, France: 4:28:11
12/132. 2016-04-03: Marathon de Paris, France: 4:27:49 (barefoot)
13/133. 2016-04-10: Pyongyang Marathon, North Corea: 3:57:10
14/134. 2016-04-17: Marathon de Nantes, France: 4:30:44 (barefoot)
15/135. 2016-05-08: Marathon de Genève, Switzeland: 5:06:05 (barefoot)
16/136. 2016-06-12: Marathon de Marne & Gondoire, France: 3:52:54
17/137. 2016-06-26: Marathon du Terroir brayon, France: 3:46:20
18/138. 2016-07-16: Andorra Marathon, Andorra: 11:45:29
19/139. 2016-11-19: Suriname Marathon, Suriname: 3:52:39 (barefoot)
20/140. 2016-11-27: Curaçao Marathon, Curaçao: 4:15:24 (barefoot)

2017

1/141. 2017-03-19: Marathon de l'espace, French Guiana: 5:58:03 (barefoot)
2/142. 2017-04-09: Rotterdam Marathon, Netherlands: 4:07:22:(barefoot)
3/143. 2017-07-29: Ladybrand Border Marathon, South Africa: 5:20:03
4/144. 2017-07-30: Maseru Bridge Marathon, Lesotho: 5:16:20
5/145. 2017-07-31: Sand River Marathon, Swaziland: 5:53:06
6/146. 2017-08-02: Hwange Marathon, Zimbawe: 5:45:20 (barefoot)
7/147. 2017-08-03: Chobe Marathon, Botswana: 6:42:59 (barefoot)
8/148. 2017-08-04: Impalila Island Marathon, Namibia: 6:48:08 (barefoot)
9/149. 2017-08-05: Zambezi Waterfront Marathon, Zambia: 7:44:05 (barefoot)
10/150. 2017-10-01: Marathon de Lyon, France: 4:17:14 (barefoot)
11/151. 2017-10-08: Marathon de Metz, France : 4:40:44 (barefoot)
12/152. 2017-10-15: Amsterdam Marathon, Netherlands: 5:02:59 (barefoot)
13/153. 2017-11-18: Suriname Marathon, Suriname: 4:17:10 (barefoot)

2018

1/154. 2018-01-21: Trinidad & Tobago Marathon, T&T: 4:15:42 (barefoot)
2/155.2018-04-08: Paris Marathon, France: 3:54:17 (barefoot)
3/156.2018-04-15: Bonn Marathon, Germany: 3:47:30 (barefoot)
4/157.2018-04-22: Antwerp Marathon, Belgium: 3:54:45 (barefoot)
5/158.2018-06-03: Rhein-Ruhr Marathon, Germany: 3:37:31 (barefoot)
6/159.2018-08-11: 10th Gay Games Marathon, France: 5:07:40 (barefoot)
7/160.2018-08-18 Azeri Marathon, Azerbaijan: 3:56:10 (barefoot)
8/161.2018-08-19 Bagrateshen Marathon, Armenia: 5:22:55
9/162.2018-08-20 Capital City Marathon, Georgia: 4:10:28 (barefoot)
10/163.2018-09-09 Vilnius Marathon, Lithuania: 3:54:42 (barefoot)
11/164.2018-09-16 Seine-Marathon 76, France: 3:54:42 (barefoot)
12/165.2018-09-23 Marathon de Montréal, Canada: 3:37:42 (barefoot)
13/166.2018-09-30 Chisinau Marathon, Moldova: 3:40:15 (barefoot)
14/167.2018-10-07 Lyon Marathon, France: 4:39:49 (barefoot)
15/168.2018-10-14 Metz Marathon, France: 4:37:27 (barefoot)
16/169.2018-10-21 Toulouse Marathon, France: 4:22:30 (barefoot)
17/170.2018-10-28 Rennes Marathon, France: 3:56:31 (barefoot)
18/171.2018-11-04 Nice-Cannes Marathon, France: 4:18:55 (barefoot)
19/172.2018-11-11 Istanbul Marathon, Turkey: 3:57:36 (barefoot)
20/173.2018-11-18 Bangkok Marathon, Thailand: 4:23:49 (barefoot)
21/174.2018-11-25 Panama Marathon, Panama: 4:28:18 (barefoot)
22/175.2018-12-02 Costa Rica Marathon, Costa Rica: 4:11:52 (barefoot)
23/176.2018-12-09 Malaga Marathon, Spain: 3:57:48 (barefoot)
24/177.2018-12-16 Pisa Marathon, Italy: 3:44:02 (barefoot)

2019

1/178. 2019-01-11: Doha Marathon, Qatar: 3:52:02 (barefoot)
2/179. 2019-01-25: Dubai Marathon, UAE: 3:58:48 (barefoot)
3/180. 2019-02-17: Seville Marathon, Spain: 4:10:21 (barefoot)
4/181. 2019-02-24: Seychelles Marathon: 5:18:28 (barefoot)
5/182. 2019-03-08: Butterfly Island Marathon, Guadeloupe: 4:20:56
6/183. 2019-03-09: Costa Magica Marathon, Caribbean Sea: 5:13:45 (barefoot)
7/184. 2019-03-10: BVI Marathon, British Virgin Islands: 6:05:04
8/185. 2019-03-11: Quartier d’Orleans Marathon, Saint Martin: 5:32:48
9/186. 2019-03-12: Titou Gorge Marathon, Dominica: 5:59:24
10/187. 2019-03-13: Volcanic Sand Marathon, Saint Vincent: 5:36:22
11/188. 2019-03-14: Fonds Blancs Marathon, Martinique: 5:29:33
12/189. 2019-03-24: Marseille Marathon, France: 4:31:57 (barefoot)
13/190. 2019-03-31: Montauban Marathon, France: 4:11:44
14/191. 2019-04-07: Bratislava Marathon, Slovakia: 3:55:19 (barefoot)
15/192. 2019-04-14: Paris Marathon, France: 4:07:03 (barefoot)
16/193. 2019-04-28: Nantes Marathon, France: 4:31:50 (barefoot)
17/194. 2019-05-05: Prague Marathon, Czechia: 4:23:06 (barefoot)
18/195. 2019-05-12: Loire Marathon, France: 5:03:54 (barefoot)
19/196. 2019-05-19: Lima Marathon, Peru: 4:37:36 (barefoot)
20/197. 2019-06-16: Liberty Marathon, France: 4:49:27 (barefoot)
21/198. 2019-08-25: Asuncion Marathon, Paraguay: 3:53:05 (barefoot)
22/199. 2019-09-08: Kobklenz Marathon, Germany: 4:32:12 (barefoot)
23/200. 2019-09-22: Buenos Aires Marathon, Argentina: 4:30:46 (barefoot)
24/201. 2019-09-29: Budapest Marathon, Hungary: 4:15:33 (barefoot)
25/202. 2019-10-06: Brussels Marathon, Belgium: 4:46:29 (barefoot)
26/203. 2019-10-13: Chicago Marathon, USA: 3:57:23 (barefoot)
27/204. 2019-10-20: Auckland Marathon, New Zealand: 4:28:52 (barefoot)
28/205. 2019-10-27: Lausanne Marathon, Switzerland: 4:22:26 (barefoot)
29/206. 2019-11-03: New York Marathon, USA: 4:40:13 (barefoot)
30/207. 2019-12-01: Valencia Marathon, Spain: 4:32:58 (barefoot)
31/208. 2019-12-08: Reggae Marathon, Jamaica: 4:54:52 (barefoot)
32/209. 2019-12-15: Malaga Marathon, Spain: 4:16:53 (barefoot)

2020

See also my 2020 non-official marathons and ultramarathons

1/210. 2020.02.09 Miami Marathon, USA: 4:24:10 (barefoot)
2/211. 2020.03.01 Malta Marathon, Malta:3:58:10 (barefoot)
3/212. 2020.03.08 Los Angeles Marathon, USA: 4:25:46 (barefoot)


Ultramarathons

1. 2014-05-10: Royal Raid (80 km), Mauritius: 14:37:17
2. 2014-06-28: Trail du Golfe du Morbiha (56 km), France: 6:50:47
3. 2014-08-03: Bush Capital Bush Ultramarathon (63.3 km), Australia: 7:12:42
4. 2014-11-01: Chicago Lakefront 50k, US : 4:48:33
5. 2015-01-03: Kathmandu Ultra 50 km, Nepal: 11:11:27
6. 2015-02-15: Punta Arenas Ultrmarathon 50k, Chile : 5:09:25
7. 2015-02-19: White Continent Ultramarathon 50k, Antarctica: 6:08:47
8. 2015-04-04: Two Ocean Ultra 56 km, South Africa: 6:12:15
9. 2016-03-19:  Eco Trail de Paris (80 km), France: 11:06:41
10. 2016-05-29: Comrades Marathon (89 km), South Africa: 10:20:12
11. 2017-06-04: Comrades Marathon (87 km), South Africa: 11:14:02
12. 2018-06-10: Comrades Marathon (90.2 km), South Africa: 11:13:04 (barefoot)
13. 2019-03-16: Eco Trail de Paris (80 km), France: 11:39:33