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: Running Barefoot for Human Survival
Le livre : Courir pieds nus pour la sauver les humains
I’ve completed marathons or ultramarathons in 88 countries, barefoot in 41 of them.
Andorra: 2016 Andorra Marathon
Antarctica: 2014 The White Continent Marathon
Argentina (barefoot): 2019 Buenos Aires Marathon
Armenia: 2018 Bagrateshen Marathon
Australia: 2013 Australian Outback Marathon
Austria: 2014 Vienna Marathon
Azebaijan (barefoot): 2018 Azeri Marathon
Bahamas: 2015 Bahamas Marathon
Barbados: 2016 Carlisle Bay Marathon, Bridgetown
Belgium (barefoot): 2018 Antwerp Marathon
Botswana (barefoot): 2017 Chobe Marathon
Brazil: 2013 Rio de Janeiro Marathon
British Virgin Islands: 2019 BVI Marathon
Canada (barefoot): 2018 Montreal Marathon
Cayman Islands: 2013 Cayman Islands Marathon
Chile: 2014 Punta Arenas Marathon
China: 2013 Great Wall of China Marathon
Costa Rica (barefoot): 2018 Costa Rica Marathon
Croatia (barefoot): 2015 Zagreb Marathon
Cuba: 2014 Marathon de La Havane
Curaçao (barefoot): 2016 Curaçao Marathon
Cyprus: 2015 Limassol Marathon
Czech Republic (barefoot): 2019 Prague Marathon
Denmark: 2015 Copenhagen Marathon
Dominica: 2019 Titou Gorge Marathon
England/UK: 2013 London Marathon
Estonia: 2015 Tallinn Marathon
Finland: 2013 Helsinki Marathon
France (barefoot): 2018 Paris Marathon
French Guiana (barefoot): 2017 Marathon de l'espace
Georgia (barefoot): 2018 Capital City Marathon
Germany (barefoot): 2018 Rhein-Ruhr Marathon
Greece: 2014 Athens Marathon
Guadeloupe: 2019 Butterfly Island Marathon
Hungary (barefoot): 2019 Budapest Marathon
Iceland: 2013 Reykjavik Marathon
Ireland (barefoot): 2015 Dublin Marathon
Italy (barefoot): 2018 Pisa Marathon
Jamaica (barefoot): 2019 Reggae Marathon
Japan: 2014 Tokyo Marathon
Latvia: 2014 Riga Marathon
Lesotho: 2017 Maseru Bridge Marathon
Liechtenstein: 2014 Liechtenstein Marathon
Lithuania (barefoot): 2018 Vilnius Marathon
Luxembourg: 2013 Luxembourg Night Marathon
Malta (barefoot): 2016 Malta Marathon
Martinique: 2019 Fonds Blancs Marathon
Mauritius: 2013 Mauritius Marathon
Moldova (barefoot): 2018 Chisinau Marathon
Morocco: 2013 Marrakech Marathon
Namibia (barefoot): 2017 Impalila Island Marathon,
Nepal: 2015 Kathmandu Ultra 50 km
Netherlands (barefoot): 2017 Amsterdam Marathon
New Zealand (barefoot): 2019 Auckland Marathon
North Korea: 2016 Pyongyang Marathon
Norway: 2014 Oslo Marathon
Oman (barefoot) 2020 Muscat Lonely Marathon
Panama (barefoot): 2018 Panama Marathon
Paraguay (barefoot): 2019 Asuncion Marathon
Peru (barefoot) : 2019 Lima Marathon
Poland: 2015 Warsaw Marathon/Marathon de Varsovie
Portugal: 2012 Lisbonne Marathon
Puerto Rico: 2016 San Juan Harbor Marathon
Qatar (barefoot): 2019 Doha Marathon
Romania: 2015 Bucharest Marathon
Russia: 2015 Moscow Marathon
Saint Kitts & Nevis: 2016St Kitts Waterfall Marathon, Basseterre
Saint Lucia: 2016 Pitons Peak Marathon, Castries
Sint Maarten: 2016 Philipsburg Waterfront Marathon (Sint Maarten)
Saint Martin (French Side): 2019 Quartier d’Orleans Marathon
Saint Vincent & Grenadines: 2019 Volcanic Sand Marathon
Senegal: 2016 Dakar Marathon
Seychelles (barefoot): 2019 Seychelles Marathon
Slovakia (barefoot): 2019 Bratislava Marathon
South Africa (barefoot): 2018-06-10 Comrades Marathon (90.2 km)
Spain (barefoot): 2018 Malaga Marathon
Suriname (barefoot): 2016 Suriname Marathon
Swaziland: 2017 Sand River Marathon
Sweden: 2013 Stockholm Marathon
Switzerland (barefoot): 2019 Lausanne Marathon
Thailand (barefoot): 2018 Bangkok Marathon
Trinidad & Tobago (barefoot): 2018 Trinidad & Tobago Marathon
Turkey (barefoot): 2018 Istanbul Marathon
United Arab Emirates (barefoot): 2019 Dubai Marathon
United States (barefoot): 2019: Chicago Marathon
US Virgin Islands: 2016 St Thomas Cove Marathon
Zambia (barefoot): 2017 Zambezi Waterfront Marathon
Zimbawe (barefoot): 2017 Hwange Marathon