Dr. Sidy Diallo's Barefoot Marathons and Ultramarathon

By Dr. Barefoot Sidy Diallo
I have run so far barefoot a 90 km ultramarathon and 132 marathons without pain or injury. I explain in the book Running Barefoot for Human Survival how in 2015 I achieved my adaptation to running 2.0, i.e. truly barefoot running—without any shoes or socks—, much faster than I expected.

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

Here are my barefoot marathons and ultramarathon:

• 1. The 2015 Zagreb Marathon: 3:57:13


• 2. The 2015 Dublin Marathon: 4:59:12


• 3. The 2015 French Riviera Marathon: 4:44:58


• 4. The 2016  Malta Marathon: 4:27:16


• 5. The 2016 Marathon de Paris: 4:27:49


• 6. The 2016 Marathon de Nantes: 4:30:44


• 7. The 2016 Geneva Marathon: 5:06:05


• 8. The 2016 Suriname Marathon: 3:52:39


• 9. The 2016 Curaçao Marathon: 4:15:24


• 10.. The 2017 Marathon de l'espace, French Guiana: 5:58:03


• 11. The 2017 Rotterdam Marathon : 4:07:22


• 12. The 2017 Hwange Marathon, Zimbabwe: 5:45:20


• 13. The 2017 Chobe Marathon, Botswana: 6:42:59


• 14. The 2017 Impalila Island Marathon, Namibia: 6:48:08


• 15. The 2017 Zambezi Waterfront Marathon, Zambia: 7:44:05


• 16. The 2017 Marathon de Lyon: 4:17:14


• 17. The 2017 Marathon de Metz: 4:40:44


• 18. The 2017 Amsterdam Marathon: 5:02:59


• 19. The 2017 Suriname Marathon: 4:17:10


• 20. The 2018 Trinidad & Tobago Marathon: 4:15:42


• 21. The 2018 Paris Marathon: 3:54:17


• 22. The 2018 Bonn Marathon: 3:47:30


• 23. The 2018 Antwerp Marathon: 3:54:45


• 24. The 2018 Rhein-Ruhr Marathon: 3:37:31 (my barefoot marathon PR)


• My Barefoot ultramarathon: The 2018 Comrades Marathon (90.2 km): 11:13:04


• 25. The 2018 10th Gay Games Marathon: 5:07:40


• 26. The 2018 Azeri Marathon: 3:56:10


• 27. The 2018 Capital City Marathon: 4:10:28


• 28. The 2018 Vilnius Marathon: 3:54:42


• 29. The 2018 Seine-Marathon 76: 3:54:42


• 30. The 2018 Marathon de Montréal: 3:37:42


• 31. The 2018 Chisinau Marathon: 3:40:15


• 32. The 2018 Lyon Marathon: 4:39:49


• 33. The 2018 Metz Marathon: 4:37:2


• 34. The 2018 Toulouse Marathon: 4:22:30


• 35. The 2018 Rennes Marathon: 3:56:31


• 36. The 2018 Nice-Cannes Marathon: 4:18:55


• 37. The 2018 Istanbul Marathon: 3:57:36


• 38. The 2018 Bangkok Marathon: 4:23:49


• 39. The 2018 Panama Marathon: 4:28:18


• 40. The 2018 Costa Rica Marathon: 4:11:52


• 41. The 2018 Malaga Marathon: 3:57:48


• 42. The 2018 Pisa Marathon: 3:44:02


• 43. The 2019 Doha Marathon: 3:52:02


• 44. The 2019 Dubai Marathon, UAE: 3:58:48


• 45. The 2019 Seville Marathon, Spain: 4:10:21


• 46. The 2019 Seychelles Marathon: 5:18:28


• 47. The 2019 Costa Magica Marathon, Caribbean Sea: 5:13:45


• 48. The 2019 Marseille Marathon, France: 4:31:57


• 49. The 2019 Bratislava Marathon, Slovakia: 3:55:19


• 50. The 2019 Paris Marathon, France: 4:07:03


• 51. The 2019 Nantes Marathon, France: 4:31:50


• 52. The 2019 Prague Marathon, Czechia: 4:23:06


• 53. The 2019 Loire Marathon, France: 5:03:54


• 54. The 2019 Lima Marathon, Peru: 4:37:36


• 55. The 2019 Liberty Marathon, France: 4:49:27


• 56. The 2019 Asuncion Marathon, Paraguay: 3:53:05


• 57. The 2019 Koblenz Marathon, Germany: 4:32:12


• 58. The 2019 Buenos Aires Marathon, Argentina: 4:30:46


• 59. The 2019 Budapest Marathon, Hungary: 4:15:33


• 60. The 2019 Brussels Marathon, Belgium: 4:46:29


• 61. The 2019 Chicago Marathon, USA: 3:57:23


• 62. The 2019 Auckland Marathon, New Zealand: 4:28:52


• 63. The 2019 Lausanne Marathon, Switzerland: 4:22:26


• 64. The 2019 New York Marathon, USA: 4:40:13


• 65. The 2019 Valencia Marathon, Spain: 4:32:58


• 66. The 2019 Reggae Marathon, Jamaica: 4:54:52


• 67. The 2019 Malaga Marathon, Spain: 4:16:53


• 68. The 2020 Muscat Lonely Marathon, Oman: 5:19:28


• 69. The 2020 Miami Marathon, USA: 4:24:10


• 70. The 2020 Malta Marathon, Malta:3:58:10


• 71. The 2020 Los Angeles Marathon, USA: 4:25:46


• 72. The 2020 Little Barcelona Marathon, France: 5:02:08


• 73. The 2020 Freedom Boston Marathon, France: 14:53:00


• 74. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 17, France: 4:45:06


• 75. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 20, France: 4:39:37


• 76. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 24, France: 5:25:44


• 77. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 28, France: 4:38:54


• 78. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 29, France: 4:27:30


• 79. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 30, France: 4:24:46


• 80. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 31, France: 4:44:01


• 81. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 33, France: 4:22:53


• 82. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 37, France: 4:40:33


• 83. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 38, France: 4:54:02


• 84. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 39, France: 4:52:42


• 85. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 42, France: 5:11:56


• 86. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 43, France: 4:55:13


• 87. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 49, France: 4:49:29


• 88. The 2020 Liberation Marathon # 57, France: 4:40:33


• 89. The 2021 Absurdistan Marathon # 12, Absurdistan: 5:15:40


• 90. The 2021 Absurdistan Marathon # 13, Absurdistan: 4:56:50


• 91. The 2021 Absurdistan Marathon # 18, Absurdistan: 5:55:16


• 92. The 2021 Absurdistan Marathon # 21, Absurdistan: 5:38:27


• 93. The 2021 Vienna Marathon, Austria: 4:24:53


• 94. The 2021 Rome Marathon, Italy: 4:30:48


• 95. The 2021 Berlin Marathon, Germany: 4:09:38


• 96. The 2021 London Marathon, UK: 4:25:24


• 97. The 2021 Sofia Marathon, Bulgaria: 4:03:10


• 98. The 2021 Paris Marathon, France: 4:19:06


• 99. The 2021 Ljubljana Marathon, Slovenia: 4:25:16


• 100. The 2021 Bucharest Marathon, Romania: 4:07:40


• 101. The 2021 Podgorica Marathon, Montenegro: 4:09:18


• 102. The 2021 Athens Marathon, Greece: 4:38:08


• 103. The 2021 Absurdistan Marathon # 23, Absurdistan: 4:43:36


• 104. The 2021 Mexico City Marathon, Mexico: 4:58:20


• 105. My 67th Birthday Barefoot Marathon, France: 5:33:14


• 106. The 2022 Boston Marathon, USA: 4:56:17


• 107. The 2022 Barcelona Marathon, Spain: 4:40:05


• 108. The 2022 Royan Marathon, France: 4:12:47


• 109. The 2022 Edinburgh Marathon, Scotland: 5:14:17


• 110. The 2022 Stockholm Marathon, Sweden: 4:26:35


• 111. The 2022 Rio de Janeiro Marathon, Brazil: 4:16:34


• 112. The 2022 Panama Paradise Marathon # 1: 6:03:33


• 113. The 2022 Panama Paradise Marathon # 2: 5:50:44


• 114. The 2022 Panama Paradise Marathon # 4: 6:25:22


• 115. The 2022 Oslo Marathon, Norway: 4:41:32


• 116. The 2022 Pristina Marathon, Kosovo: 4:25:19


• 117. The 2022 Skopje Marathon, North Macedonia: 4:13:42


• 118. The 2022 Piss Off Marathon # 18, Absurdistan: 5:09:46


• 119. The 2022 Tirana Marathon, Albania: 4:36:54


• 120. The 2022 French Riviera Marathon, France: 4:27:13


• 121. The 2022 Panama Marathon, Panama, 4:58:18


• 122. The 2022 HCMC International Marathon, Vietnam: 5:05:48


• 123. The 2022 Tilia Residences Marathon, Vietnam: 5:18:40


• 124. The Piss Off Marathon # 29, Absurdistan: 5:27:10


• 125. The 2023 Paris Marathon, France: 4:30:16


• 126. The Piss off Marathon # 39, Absurdistan: 5:28:58


• 127. The Piss off Marathon # 43, Absurdistan: 5:52:19


• 128. The Piss off Marathon # 44, Absurdistan: 5:47:31


• 129. My 400th Marathon, Absurdistan: 5:31:53


• 130. The Piss off Marathon # 46, Absurdistan: 5:14:17


• 131. The 2023 Medellin Marathon, Colombia: 4:33:23
  
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• 132. The Piss off Marathon # 52, Absurdistan: 5:37:28