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    • 48 Marathons and Ultramarathons in 4 Months (May 11—September 11, 2020)
    • 3.2020.03.08 Los Angeles Marathon - USA
    • 2.2020-03.01 Malta Marathon - Malta
    • 1.2020-02.09 Miami Marathon - USA
    • My 2020 Non-official Marathons >
      • 2020.10.29 My Liberation Marathon # 60
      • Liberation Marathons # 51 to 60 and One Ultramarathon in Few Weeks
      • 2020.10.19 SQY Park Marathon/My Liberation Marathon # 56
      • 2020.10.17 Virtual New York Marathon Against Pandemics/My Liberation Marathon # 55
      • 2020.10.15 Montigny to the Statue of Liberty Marathon/My Liberation Marathon # 54
      • 2020.10.10 Tenth Anniversary Celebration Marathon/My Liberation Marathon # 53
      • 2020.10.08 SQY to Health Ministry Marathon Against the COVID-19 Marathon/My LM # 52
      • 2020.10.03 Yvelines-Paris Race Against the COVID-19/My LUM # 3 (50.52 km)
      • 2020.09.28 Montigny to Paris Bercy Marathon/LM # 51
      • 2020.09:18 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Versailles Castle Trail (LM # 48)
      • 2020 Liberation Marathons # 41 to 50
      • 2020 Boston Marathon Virtual Experience/Liberation Marathon # 44
      • 2020.08.29 Liberation Marathon # 41
      • 2020 Liberation Marathons # 31 to 40
      • 2020 Liberation Marathons # 21 to 30 >
        • 2020.07.12 Liberation Marathon # 27
        • 2020.07.08 Liberation Marathon # 26
        • 2020.07.05 Liberation Marathon # 25
        • 2020.07.04 Liberation Marathon # 24
        • 2020.06.30 Liberation Marathon # 23
        • 2020.06.29 Liberation Marathon # 22
        • 2020.06.28 Liberation Marathon # 21
      • 2020 Liberation Marathons # 11 to 20 and Ultramarathon # 2 >
        • 2020.06.26 Liberation Marathon # 20
        • 2020.06.23 Liberation Marathon # 19
        • 2020.06.20 Liberation Marathon # 18
        • 2020.06.18 Liberation Marathon # 17 - Honoring the 2020 Royan Marathon
        • 2020.06.15 Liberation Marathon # 16 - Honoring the 2020 Edinburgh Marathon
        • 2020.06.14 Race the Comrades Legends (90 km) – Liberation Ultramarathon # 2
        • 2020.06.10 Liberation Marathon # 15 - Honoring the 2020 Salzburg Marathon
        • 2020.06.09 Liberation Marathon # 14 - Honoring the 2020 Skopje Marathon
        • 2020.06.07 Liberation Marathon # 13 - Honoring the 2020 Belfast Marathon
        • 2020.06.05 Liberation Marathon # 12 - Honoring the 2020 Belgrade Marathon
        • 2020.06.03 Liberation Marathon # 11 - Honoring the 2020 Boston Marathon
      • 2020 Liberation Marathons # 1 to 10 and Ultramarathon # 1 >
        • 2020.06.01 Liberation Marathon # 10 - Honoring the 2020 Marseille Marathon
        • 2020.05.30 Liberation Ultramarathon # 1 (60 km)
        • 2020.05.28 Liberation Marathon # 9 - Honoring the 2020 Paris Marathon
        • 2020.05.24 Liberation Marathon # 8 - Honoring the 2020 Rome Marathon
        • 2020.05.23 Liberation Marathon # 7—Honoring the 2020 Seoul Marathon
        • 2020.05.21 Liberation Marathon # 6 - Honoring the 2020 Barcelona Marathon
        • 2020.05.17 Liberation Marathon # 5 - Honoring the 2020 Tokyo Marathon
        • 2020.05.16 Liberation Marathon # 4
        • 2020.05.14 Liberation Marathon # 3
        • 2020.05.13 Liberation Marathon # 2
        • The 5/11 Liberation Marathon (2020)
      • The 2020 Freedom Boston Marathon Against Pandemics
      • 0.2020.03.15 2020 Little Barcelona Lonely Barefoot Marathon
      • 0.2020-01.21 Muscat Lonely Marathon - Oman
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    • 2019 >
      • 8 Barefoot Marathons in 8 Weeks
      • 7 marathons in the Caribbean & the Paris Eco Trail (80 km) in 9 days
      • 32.2019.12.15 Malaga Marathon - Spain
      • 31.2019.12.08 Reggae Marathon - Jamaica
      • 30.2019.12.01 Valencia Marathon - Spain
      • 2019 Cross du Figaro - France
      • 29.2019.11.03 New York Marathon - USA
      • 2019.11.02 New York Dash to the Finish Line 5K - USA
      • 28.2019.10.27 Lausanne Marathon - Switzerland
      • 27.2019.10.20 Auckland Marathon - New Zealand
      • 26.2019.10.13 Chicago Marathon - USA
      • 25.2019.10.06 Brusssels Marathon - Belgium
      • 24.2019.09.29 Budapest Marathon - Hungary
      • 23.2019.09.22 Buenos Aires Marathon - Argentina
      • 22.2019.09.08 Koblenz Marathon - Germany
      • 21.2019.08.25 Asuncion Marathon - Paraguay
      • 20.2019.06.16 Liberty Marathon - France
      • 19.2019.05.19 Lima Marathon - Peru
      • 18.2019.05.12 Marathon de la Loire - France
      • 17.2019.05.05 Prague Marathon - Czechia
      • 16.2019.04.28 Nantes Marathon - France
      • 15.2019.04.14 Paris Marathon - France
      • 14.2019.04.07 Bratislava Marathon - Slovaquia
      • 13.2019.03.31 Montauban Marathon - France
      • 12.2019.03.24 Marseille Marathon - France
      • 2019.03.16 Eco Trail de Paris (80 km) - France
      • 11.2019.03.14 Fonds Blancs Marathon - Fort-de-France, Martinique
      • 10.2019.03.13 Volcanic Sand Marathon - Saint Vincent
      • 9.2019.03.12 Titou Gorge Marathon - Dominica
      • 8.2019.03.11 Quartier d’Orleans Marathon - Saint Martin
      • 7.2019.03..10 BVI Marathon - British Virgin Islands
      • 6.2019.03.09 Costa Magica Marathon - Caribbean Sea
      • 5.2019.03.08 Butterfly Island Marathon - Le Gosier, Guadeloupe
      • 4.2019.02.24 Seychelles Marathon
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      • 2.2019.01.25 Dubai Marathon - UAE
      • 1.2019.01.11 Doha Marathon - Qatar
      • 2019.02.09 Chinese New Year Hash - Paris
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      • 24.2018.12.16 Pisa Marathon - Italy
      • 23.2018.12.09 Malaga Marathon - Spain
      • 22.2018.12.02 Costa Rica Marathon
      • 21.2018.11.25 Panama Marathon
      • 20.2018.11.18 Bangkok Marathon - Thailand
      • 19.2018.11.11 Istanbul Marathon - Turkey
      • 18.2018.11.04 French Riviera Marathon
      • 17.2018.10.28 Rennes Marathon - France
      • 16.2018.10.21 Toulouse Marathon - France
      • 15.2018.10.14 Metz Marathon - France
      • 14.2018.10.07 Lyon Marathon - France
      • 13.2018.30.09 Chisinau Marathon - Moldova
      • 12.2018.23.09 Marathon de Montreal
      • 11.2018.15.09 Seine-Marathon 76 - France
      • 10.2018.09.09 Vilnius Marathon - Lithuania
      • 9.2018-08-20 Capital City Marathon - Georgia
      • 8.2018-08-19 Bagrateshen Marathon - Armenia
      • 7.2018-08-18 Azeri Marathon and Half Marathon - Azerbaidjan
      • 6.2018-08-11 10th Gay Games Marathon
      • 2018 La Course royale au Château de Versailles
      • 12-2018-06-10 Comrades Marathon (90.2 km)
      • 5.2018-06-03 Rhein-Ruhr Marathon
      • 4.2018-04-22 Antwerp Marathon
      • 3.2018-04-15 Bonn Marathon
      • 2.2018-04-08 Paris Marathon
      • 1.2018-01-21 Trinidad & Tobago Marathon - & 5k
    • Old Ultras >
      • 11-2017-06-04 Comrades Marathon (87 km)
      • 10-2016-05-29 Comrades Marathon (89 km)
      • 9-2016-03-19 Eco Trail de Paris (80 km / 5O Miles)
      • 8. 2015 Two Oceans Ultra 56km (Cape Town, South Africa/Afrique du Sud)
      • 7. 2015 White Continent Ultramarathon (King George Island, Antarctica)
      • 6. 2015 Punta Arenas Ultramarathon (Chile, South America)
      • 5. 2015 Kathmandu Ultra 50 km (Nepal, Asia)
      • 4. 2014 Chicago Lakefront 50k (North America)
      • 3. 2014 Bush Capital Bush Ultramathon (63.3 K, Oceania)
      • 2. 2014 Trail du Golfe du Morbihan (56k, France)
      • 1. 2014 Royal Raid 80 km (50 miles), Ile Maurice / Mauritius (Africa)
    • 2017 >
      • 13. 2017-11-18 Suriname Marathon
      • 12. 2017-10-15 Amaterdam Marathon
      • 11. 2017-10-08 Metz Marathon
      • 10. 2017-10-01 Lyon Marathon
      • 9. 2017-08-05 Zambezi Waterfront Marathon
      • 8. 2017-08-04 Impalila Island Marathon
      • 7. 2017-08-03 Chobe Marathon
      • 6. 2017-08-02 Hwange Marathon
      • 5. 2017-07-31 Sand River Marathon
      • 4. 2017-07-3O Maseru Bridge Marathon
      • 3. 2017-07-29 Ladybrand Boarder Marathon
      • 2. 2017-04-09 Rotterdam Marathon
      • 1. 2017-03-19 Marathon de l'espace (Kourou, French Guiana)
    • 2016 >
      • 20. 2016-11-27 Curaçao Marathon
      • 19. 2016-11-19 Suriname Marathon
      • 18. 2016-07-16 Andorra Marathon
      • 17. 2016-06-26 Marathon du Terroir brayon
      • 16. 2016-06-12 Marathon de Marne & Gondoire
      • 15. 2016-05-08 Geneva Marathon / Marathon de Genève
      • 14. 2016-04-17 Marathon de Nantes
      • 13. 2016-04-10 Pyongyang Marathon
      • 12. 2016-04-03 Marathon de Paris
      • 11. 2016-03-27 Sri Chinmoy Marathon de Paris
      • 10. 2016-02-28 Malta Marathon
      • 9. 2016 Marathon de Dakar
      • 8. 2016-02-06: Philipsburg Waterfront Marathon (Sint Maarten/St Martin)
      • 7. 2016-02-05: St Kitts Waterfall Marathon, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
      • 6. 2016-02-04: Pitons Peak Marathon, Castries (Saint Lucia)
      • 5. 2016-02-03: Carlisle Bay Marathon, Bridgetown (Barbados)
      • 4. 2016-02-02: Carnival Cruise Marathon (Caribbean Sea / Mer des Caraïbes)
      • 3. 2016-02-01: St Thomas Cove Marathon (US Virgin Islands)
      • 2. 2016-01-31: San Juan Harbor Marathon (Puerto Rico)
      • 1. 2016 marathon de Cerny-La-Ville
    • 2015 >
      • 22. 2015 Marathon du beajolais
      • 21. 2015 Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes / 2015 French Riviera Marathon
      • 20. 2015 Dublin Marathon
      • 19. 2015 Zagreb Marathon
      • 18. 2015 Bucharest Marathon/Le Marathon de Bucarest
      • 17. 2015 Warsaw Marathon/Le Marathon de Varsovie
      • 16. 2015 Moscow Marathon
      • 15. 2015 Tallinn Marathon, Estonia
      • 14. 2015 Saint Petersburg Marathon, Russia
      • 13. 2015 Vignoble d'Alsace Marathon
      • 12. 2015 Marne & Gondoire
      • 11. 2015 Copenhagen Marathon
      • 10. 2015 Prague Marathon
      • 9. 2015 Albi Marathon
      • 8. 2015 Paris Marathon
      • 7. 2015 Limassol Marathon (Cyprus/Chypre)
      • 6. 2015 Rome Marathon
      • 5. 2015 Marathon Sri Chinmoy de Paris
      • 4. 2015 Southern Cross Marathon, Punta Arenas
      • 3. 2015 Torcy International Marathon
      • 2. 2015 Bahamas Marathon
      • 1. 2015 Walt Disney World Marathon, Floride
    • 2014 >
      • 31. 2014 Peter-Wieneke-Geburtstags-Marathon (Hamburg, Germany)
      • 30. 2014 Marathon de Pise / Pisa Marathon
      • 29. 2014 Marathon de Reggio Emilia / Reggio Emilia Marathon
      • 28. 2014 Marathon de Malaga / 2014 Malaga Marathon
      • 27. 2014 Marathon de la Rochelle / 2014 La Rochelle Marathon
      • 26. 2014 Marathon du Beaujolais / 2014 Beaujolais Marathon
      • 25. 2014 Marathon de La Havane / 2014 Havana Marathon
      • 24. 2014 Marathon d'Athènes / 2014 Athens Marathon
      • 23. 2014 Marathon de Toulouse / 2014 Toulouse Marathon
      • 22. 2014 Marathon de Montpellier / 2014 Montpellier Marathon
      • 21. 2014 Marathon de Chicago / 2014 Chicago Marathon
      • 20. 2014 Marathon de Bruxelles / 2014 Brussels Marathon
      • 19. 2014 Marathon de Berlin / 2014 Berlin Marathon
      • 18. 2014 Marathon d'Oslo (Norvège) / 2014 Oslo Marathon (Norway)
      • 17. Marathon de Cologne (Allemagne) / 2014 Cologne Marathon (Germany)
      • 16.Marathon des Oussaillès / 2014 Oussaillès Marathon (France)
      • 15. Marathon de Monschau/The 2014 Monschau Marathon
      • 14. Marathon de Liechtenstein/The 2014 Liechtenstein Marathon
      • 13. Marathon Marne et Gondoire/2014 Marne et Gondoire Marathon (France)
      • 12. Marathon du Mont Saint-Michel/2014 Mont Saint-Michel Marathon (France)
      • 11. Marathon de Riga/2014 Riga Marathon (Latvia)
      • 10. Marathon de Hambourg/2014 Hamburg Marathon
      • 9. Marathon de Sénart/2014 Senart Marathon
      • 8. Marathon de Düsseldorf /2014 Düsseldorf Marathon
      • 7. Marathon de Boston/ 2014 Boston Marathon
      • 6. Marathon de Vienne/Vienna City Marathon
      • 5. Marathon de Paris
      • 4. Marathon de Barcelone
      • 3. Tokyo Marathon
      • 2. Marathon de Punta Arenas
      • 1. Le White Continent Marathon
    • 48 Marathons in Six Continents in 2013 >
      • Marathons 41 to 48 >
        • 48. Marathon de la Saint Sylvestre (Calderara di Reno, Italie)
        • 47. Heiligabend Marathon (Neubrücke, Allemagne)
        • 46. Marathon de Pise (Italie)
        • 45. Marathon de Honolulu
        • 44. Marathon des Iles Cayman
        • 43. Marathon de Florence (Italie)
        • 42. Marathon de Valence (Espagne)
        • 41. Marathon de Nice - Cannes (France)
      • Marathons 31 to 40 >
        • 40. Marathon de New York
        • 39. Marathon de Francfort (Allemagne)
        • 38/41. Marathon d'Amsterdam
        • 37/40. Marathon de Cologne (Allemagne)
        • 36. Marathon de Lyon (France)
        • 35. Marathon d'Einstein (Allemagne)
        • 34. Marathon de Karlsruhe (Allemagne)
        • 33. Marathon de Wachau 2013
        • 32. Marathon de Munster 2013
        • 31. Marathon des Oussaillès du Couserans 2013
      • Marathons 21 to 30 >
        • 30. Marathon de Reykjavik 2013
        • 29. Marathon d'Helsinki 2013
        • 28. Marathon de Monschau 2013
        • 27. Marathon de Saint-André-des-Eaux 2013
        • 26. Le Marathon de l’Outback australien 2013 (Ayers Rock)
        • 25. Le Marathon de l'Ile Maurice 2013
        • 24. Le Marathon de Rio de Janeiro 2013
        • 23. Marathon de Marne et Gondoire 2013
        • 22. Fidelitas Nachtmarathon (Karlsruhe) 2013
        • 21. Marathon de la liberté (Caen) 2013
      • Marathons 11 to 20 >
        • 20. Marathon de Luxembourg 2013
        • 19. Marathon de Stockholm 2013
        • 18. Marathon de Poitiers Futuroscope 2013
        • 17. Marathon de la Grande muraille de Chine 2013
        • 16. Marathon de de la Route du Louvre (Lille) 2013
        • 15. Marathon de Genève 2013
        • 14. Marathon de Sénart 2013
        • 13. Marathon de Madrid 2013
        • 12. Marathon de Londres 2013
        • 11. Marathon de Rotterdam 2013
      • Marathons 1 to 10 >
        • 10. Marathon de Paris 2013
        • 9. Marathon de Marseille 2013
        • 8. Marathon de Rome 2013
        • 7. Marathon de Bienwald (Allemagne) 2013
        • 6. Marathon de Trévise (Italie) 2013
        • 5. Marathon de Séville 2013
        • 4. Marathon de la Saint Valentin (Terni, Italie) 2013
        • 3. Marathon de Marrakech 2013
        • 2. Marathon de Gran Canaria (Iles Canaries) 2013
        • 1. Marathon du Nouvel An (Zurich) 2013
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My 2020 Non-official Marathons and Ultramarathons

Running is our best medicine, and our feet are our best shoes! I’m therefore running marathons and ultramarathons—preferably barefoot—to stay healthy, fit and stronger than the COVID-19 and future pandemics, even after 65. Sadly, I had to stop again on October 29, 2020, because of the tough restrictions imposed on runners by the second French lockdown.

Humans are excellent long-distance runners thanks to our hunter-gatherer heritage. The COVID-19 comorbidities, i.e. the chronic diseases, including obesity, are sadly the result of the incompatibility between this heritage and our current way of life.

Like persistence hunting, the marathon is primarily an innate physical activity of hunter-gatherers; therefore every human can and should do it. Running is our best medicine, and our feet are our 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. This means, rationally speaking, that running marathons to keep one’s body mass index (BMI) on the lower side of the recommended range (18.5 kg/m2 to 24.9 kg/m2) is much more relevant than any race medal, record or ranking.

The book: Running Barefoot for Human Survival (Running Human)
Le livre :
Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains (Running human)

Barefoot Runner’s Blessing and Perks

I’ve run so far 66 marathons and 3 ultramarathons in 2020, without experiencing any pain, fatigue or injury.

Sadly, I had to stop again on October 29. By the way, that shows the vocation and abilities of all humans to run marathons to stay or become fit, healthy and happy again, for free. But, first we must recover our free will, because it’s the key to understand fully what we’re going through and to do what’s good for us, before it’s too late, instead of relying naively on businesses or experts who are thriving on our extraordinary gullibility, our fears, our desperation, our chronic diseases or viral pandemics, etc.

That’s the whole point of my book: Running Barefoot for Human Survival. Find out more.

C’est tout l’intérêt de mon livre : Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains. Lire la suite.

One of the lessons that we should learn from the COVID-19 pandemic is that race cancellations can’t prevent a runner, whose purpose is only to stay fit, happy and healthy, from running even more marathons or ultramarathons, moreover, for free, at home, at the holiday destination, etc.

A further lesson is that, at the end of the day, all marathons are equal, because the distance is always and everywhere the same, i.e. 42.2 km or 26.2 miles. The only difference is that it’s undeniably more challenging and more natural, but also more rewarding, to run a marathon or a 90 km (56 miles) ultramarathon without any assistance and without a crowd of supporters, which enjoyably brings us closer to our roots as hunter-gatherers.


Running 681 km (423 miles) in a month, including 90 km (56 miles) in one day, with sneakers would cost at least a pair of them and translate into too much stress on the body. I ran 560 km (348 miles) in May and 681 km in June 2020 our ancestors’ way. All the races are documented by my GPS watch, and the details are featured on this website.

By the way, I spent a total of almost 87,000 calories. Fortunately, much less physical activity can still help to keep one’s body mass index (BMI) easily under control. In this regard, I explain in my book, Running Barefoot for Human Survival, the reasons why diets are most often failing and why long-distance running is the free and smart solution. I  also anecdotally highlight in the book that the heat of saunas does not burn fat, but rather the male gonads, wich are exiled outside the body, because they wouldn’t stand even the body temperature, i.e. 37° C or 98.6 °F.

After the easing of the 8-week lockdown that we had gone through in France, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I ran 23 marathons and two ultramarathons of 60 km and 90 km, respectively, in less than two months (May 11-June 30, 2020). The fact that we can so easily achieve that, even at 65, illustrates the non-exceptionality—not to say the banality—of long-distance running, which is meant to be one of the utmost pleasant activities for humans, and therefore a pain and injury-free experience. In other words, while running marathons is commendable, seeking recognition for just doing a trivial human activity would send the wrong message to those who are missing the best opportunity to retake control of their body mass, and to prevent or alleviate other crippling chronic diseases.

One of the crucial challenges for today’s humans is to decipher the genuine scope and benefits to long-distance running, so that they can stop relying on 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. One of the positive lessons of the brutal COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting overreaction is that for those who are running for the right purpose, i.e. humbly to stay fit, happy and healthy, a marathon is a marathon, regardless whether it’s virtual, big, small, etc. And this means that race cancellations are no more a big deal, since from now on, unpretentious marathoners are enjoying the new freedom to get out with their modern GPS device to run a marathon anywhere and at any time.

As I explain in my book
, 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), and the commendable duty of the runner community is to be humble and lead by example, rather than naively boasting about alleged performances, since the harsh truth is that very few humans today could reasonably claim to run as fast or as frequently as our ancestors did.

For that matter, I challenge anyone who might think otherwise to try to hunt and catch a deer like our ancestors did, that is, without using a weapon. And if you’re among those who believe that some humans have so-called speed genes, that’s good for you, because then you should definitely have them too, since all humans today, regardless of their density of melanin, are either Africans or descendants of former African migrants. Advances in genetics, or even common sense, should allow us to see more clearly in 2020, and therefore to understand easily that, as I point out in the chapter XXIV of my book, “Melanin exerts no influence on running speed.”

The following slides present the Garmin results of all my 2020 ultramarathons and marathons, but one: The 2020 Freedom Boston Marathon Against Pandemics.

I called Liberation Marathons and Liberation Ultramarathons the 63 GPS documented non-official races I ran between the first two COVID-19 lockdowns in France (from May 11, 2020, to October 29, 2020) on distances ranging from 42.2 km to 90 km.

1/210. 2020.01.21 Muscat Lonely Marathon, Oman:  5:19:28 (barefoot)
5/214. 2020.03.15 Little Barcelona Lonely Marathon, France: 5:02:08 (barefoot)

6/215. 2020.04.20 Freedom Boston Marathon Against Pandemics, France: 14:53:00 (barefoot)
7/216. 2020.05.11 Liberation Marathon # 1, France: 6:07:29
8/217. 2020.05.13 Liberation Marathon # 2, France: 4:56:27
9/218. 2020.05.14 Liberation Marathon # 3, France: 4:52:10
10/219. 2020.05.16 Liberation Marathon # 4, France: 4:50:24
11/220. 2020.05.17 Liberation Marathon # 5, France: 5:04:30
12/221. 2020.05.21 Liberation Marathon # 6, France: 5:54:14
13/222. 2020.05.23 Liberation Marathon # 7, France: 5:36:30
14/223. 2020.05.24 Liberation Marathon # 8, France: 5:27:58
15/224. 2020.05.28 Liberation Marathon # 9, France: 4:32:12
14 Ultra. 2020.05.30 Liberation Ultramarathon # 1 (60 km), France: 7:22:57
16/225. 2020.06.01 Liberation Marathon # 10, France: 5:25:00
17/226. 2020.06.03 Liberation Marathon # 11, France: 5:09:28
18/227. 2020.06.05 Liberation Marathon # 12, France: 5:16:53
19/228. 2020.06.07 Liberation Marathon # 13, France: 5:04:19
20/229. 2020.06.09 Liberation Marathon # 14, France: 4:21:01
21/230. 2020.06.10 Liberation Marathon # 15, France: 4:46:16
15 Ultra. 2020.06.14 Liberation Ultramarathon # 2 (90 km), France: 10:36:09
22/231. 2020.06.15 Liberation Marathon # 16, France: 5:47:05

23/232. 2020.06.18 Liberation Marathon # 17, France: 4:45:06 (barefoot)
24/233. 2020.06.20 Liberation Marathon # 18, France: 4:38:51
25/234. 2020.06.23 Liberation Marathon # 19, France: 4:37:56
26/235. 2020.06.26 Liberation Marathon # 20, France: 4:39:37 (barefoot)
27/236. 2020.06.28 Liberation Marathon # 21, France: 4:50:40
28/237. 2020.06.29 Liberation Marathon # 22, France: 4:53:24
29/238. 2020.06.30 Liberation Marathon # 23, France: 4:59:05

30/239. 2020.07.04 Liberation Marathon # 24, France: 5:25:44 (barefoot)
31/240. 2020.07.05 Liberation Marathon # 25, France: 4:40:59

32/241. 2020.07.08 Liberation Marathon # 26, France: 4:53:26
33/242. 2020.07.12 Liberation Marathon # 27, France: 4:35:24
34/243. 2020.07.16 Liberation Marathon # 28, France: 4:38:54

35/244. 2020.07.19 Liberation Marathon # 29, France: 4:27:30 (barefoot)
36/245. 2020.07.22 Liberation Marathon # 30, France: 4:24:46 (barefoot)
37/246. 2020.07.26 Liberation Marathon # 31, France: 4:44:07 (barefoot)
38/247. 2020.07.26 Liberation Marathon # 32, France: 4:46:52
39/248. 2020.08.02 Liberation Marathon # 33, France: 4:22:53 (barefoot)
40/249. 2020.08.05 Liberation Marathon # 34, France: 4:39:03
41/250. 2020.08.08 Liberation Marathon # 35, France: 4:37:15
42/251. 2020.08.08 Liberation Marathon # 36, France: 4:55:08
43/252. 2020.08.17 Liberation Marathon # 37, France: 4:40:33 (barefoot)
44/253. 2020.08.20 Liberation Marathon # 38, France: 4:54:02
(barefoot)
45/254. 2020.08.23 Liberation Marathon # 39, France: 4:52:42 (barefoot)

46/255. 2020.08.27 Liberation Marathon # 40, France: 4:48:43
47/256. 2020.08.29 Liberation Marathon # 41, France: 6:31:20
48/257. 2020.09:02 Liberation Marathon # 42, France: 5:11:56 (barefoot)
49/258. 2020.09:05 Liberation Marathon # 43, France: 4:55:13 (barefoot)
50/259. 2020.09:07 Boston Marathon Virtual Expeience - LM # 44, France: 4:03:54
51/260. 2020.09:09 Liberation Marathon # 45, France: 5:48:31
52/261. 2020.09:11 Liberation Marathon # 46, France: 4:38:09
53/262. 2020.09:16 Liberation Marathon # 47, France: 5:16:13
54/263. 2020.09:18
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Versailles Castle Trail (LM # 48), France: 5:35:19
55/264. 2020.09:22 Liberation Marathon # 49, France: 4:49:29 (barefoot)

56/265. 2020.09:26 Liberation Marathon # 50, France: 5:17:52
57/266. 2020.09.28 Montigny to Paris Bercy Marathon ( LM # 51), France: 5:08:51

16 Ultra. 2020.10.03 Yvelines-Paris Race Against the COVID-19/LUM # 3, France: 5:29:12
60/269. 2020.10.15 Montigny to the Statue of Liberty Marathon/My Liberation Marathon # 54, France: 4:50:10
61/270. 2020.10.17
Virtual New York Marathon Against Pandemics/My Liberation Marathon # 55, France: 5:37:40
62/271. 2020.10.19 SQY Park Marathon/My Liberation Marathon # 56, France: 3:55:12
63/272. 2020.10.23 My Liberation Marathon # 57, France: 4:40:33 (barefoot)
64/273. 2020.10.26 My Liberation Marathon # 58, France: 4:39:18
65/274. 2020.10.28
My Liberation Marathon # 59, France: 5:23:02
66/275. 2020.10.29
My Liberation Marathon # 60, France: 4:39:30

Humans are born to run barefoot to be happy and healthy, and strengthen our immune systems, which are our best defense against COVID-19, future pandemics and other infections.
Les humains naissent pour courir pieds nus afin de vivre heureux et en bonne santé, et de renforcer nos systèmes immunitaires, qui sont notre meilleure défense contre la COVID-19, les futures pandémies et d’autres infections.