Dr. Sidy Diallo's Barefoot Marathons

Dr. Sidy Diallo's Barefoot Marathons and Ultramarathon

By Dr. Barefoot Sidy Diallo

I have run so far barefoot a 90 km ultramarathon and 180 marathons without pain or injury, except the first one. 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)
Barefoot ultramarathon # 1. 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: 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
132. The Piss off Marathon # 52, Absurdistan: 5:37:28
133. The 2023 Seine Marathon, France: 5:03:17
134. The 2023 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Marathon, Spain: 7:13:44
135. The First Maspalomas Dunes Marathon, Spain: 7:34:37
136. The 2023 Gran Canaria Maspalomas Marathon, Spain: 4:49:29
137. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 2, Gran Canaria: 6:35:26
138. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 3, Gran Canaria: 6:07:15
139. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 6, Gran Canaria: 5:25:52
140. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 7, Gran Canaria: 6:36:46
141. The 2024 Tokyo Marathon, Japan: 4:42:31
142. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 10, Gran Canaria: 7:34:34
143. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 11, Gran Canaria: 7:04:25
144. The 2024 Paris Marathon, France: 4:37:52
145. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 13, Gran Canaria: 6:45:37
146. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 14, Gran Canaria: 7:52:00
147. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 17, Gran Canaria: 6:36:49
148. The 2024 Canarias Day Marathon, Gran Canaria: 5:37:56
149. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 21, Gran Canaria: 6:11:13
150. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 22, Gran Canaria: 7:28:39
151. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 23, Gran Canaria: 6:33:42
152. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 24, Gran Canaria: 8:10:54
153. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 27, Gran Canaria: 6:24:17
154. The 2024 Maspalomas Olympic Marathon, Gran Canaria: 5:42:10
155. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 30, Gran Canaria: 5:47:47
156. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 31, Gran Canaria: 6:12:39
157. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 33, Gran Canaria: 5:37:46
158. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 34, Gran Canaria: 5:14:55
159. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 36, Gran Canaria: 6:34:38
160. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 37, Gran Canaria: 7:14:38
161. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 38, Gran Canaria: 6:49:50
162. The 2024 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Marathon, Canary Islands: 6:26:48
163. The 2024 Playa de Las Americas Marathon, Tenerife: 8:29:41
164. The 2024 Puerto del Marathon, Lanzarote: 8:18:29
165. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 41, Gran Canaria: 7:35:52
166. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 42, Gran Canaria: 7:35:49
167. The 2025 Playa del Inglés New Year Marathon, Gran Canaria: 5:47:52
168. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 44, Gran Canaria: 5:42:46
169. The Maspalomas Racial Profiling Marathon, Gran Canaria: 7:14:55
170. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 46, Gran Canaria: 6:18:26
171. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 47, Gran Canaria: 5:43:02
172. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 48, Gran Canaria: 6:19:49
173. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 49, Gran Canaria: 5:56:45
174. Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 51, Gran Canaria: 6:49:56
175. My 70th Birthday Marathon, Gran Canaria: 6:23:50
176. The Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 55, Gran Canaria: 7:30:54
177. The 2025 Maspalomas Carnival Marathon, Gran Canaria: 5:16:46
178. The 2025 Easter Sunday Marathon, Gran Canaria: 7:32:31
179. The 2025 Madrid Marathon, Spain: 4:42:31
180. The Maspalomas Dunes Marathon # 63, Gran Canaria: 6:38:09

Dr. Sidy Diallo running barefoot his 70th Birthday Marathon on the Meloneras Promenade, Gran Canaria, Spain.