The human body is not designed for our lifestyle: We’re born to run barefoot to be happy and healthy and boost our immune systems, i.e. our best defense against pandemics, including COVID-19.
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    • About Doctor Sidy Diallo
    • Qui est docteur Sidy Diallo ?
    • ¿Quién es el doctor Sidy Diallo?
    • The Human Body Is Not Designed for Our Lifestyle
    • El cuerpo humano no está diseñado para nuestro estilo de vida
  • Humans
    • Running Barefoot for Human Survival
    • Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains
    • Correr descalzos por la supervivencia humana
    • Stop Cutting Trees for Comfort
    • Welcome to Authoritarian Absurdistan aka France
    • Physical Activity in Authoritarian Absurdistan
  • ARS
    • The 2021 Absurdistan Running Series (ARS)
    • The 2020 Absurdistan Running Series (ARS)
  • 2020
    • 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
  • 42k & ultras
    • Countries
    • 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
      • 3.2019.02.17 Seville Marathon - Spain
      • 2.2019.01.25 Dubai Marathon - UAE
      • 1.2019.01.11 Doha Marathon - Qatar
      • 2019.02.09 Chinese New Year Hash - Paris
    • 2018 >
      • 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
  • Barefoot
    • The NeoBikilas
    • Dr Barefoot
    • WE ARE THE TRIBE - Nous sommes la tribu - Somos la tribu - Nós somos a tribo - Siamo la tribù - Wir sind der Stamm - Wij zijn de stam
    • Enjoying marathons like a pleasant walk in the Park
    • 8 Barefoot Marathons in 8 Weeks
    • 15 Marathons Without Shoes in 14 Weeks
  • Media
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  • 2012
    • 1. Marathon de Miami 2012
    • 2. Marathon de la Nouvelle-Orléans 2012
    • 3. Marathon de Los Angeles 2012
    • 4. Marathon de Boston 2012
    • 5. Marathon de Nashville 2012
    • 6. Marathon de Seattle 2012
    • 7. Marathon de San Francisco 2012
    • 8. Marathon d'Helsinki 2012
    • 9. Marathon de Berlin 2012
    • 10. Marathon de La Rochelle 2012
    • 11. Marathon de Lisbonne 2012
    • 12. Marathon de Pise 2012
  • 2011
    • 1. Marathon de Paris 2011
    • 2. Marathon de Mississauga (Canada) 2011
    • 3. Marathon de Carmel (Indiana, Usa) 2011
    • 4. Marathon de Marquette (Michigan, Usa) 2011
    • 5. Marathon de Chicago 2011
    • 6. Marathon de Las Vegas 2011
  • 2010.10.10 Chicago Marathon/My First Marathon
  • Blog
  • 1/2 Marathons
    • 2018-08-18 Azeri Marathon and Half Marathon - Azerbaidjan
    • 2018 Suriname Half Marathon
    • 2016 BIg 25 Berlin (25 km)
    • 2016 Semi-marathon de Paris
    • 2015 Penguin Half Marathon (King George Island, Antarctica)
    • 7 Half Marathons in the US
  • Archives
    • Photos at the Great Wall of China
    • 2018 Brazilian Carnival Party
    • 1715-2015 La Louis XIV (14km)
    • 2015 Paris Saint-Germain-en-Laye La course (20km)
    • 2015_47 km in the Paris Area
    • Le marathon-relais (Ekiden) de Val de Marne 2014 New
    • Some of my short races
    • Holiday & Training in Grand Canaria
    • Photos of the Australian Outback Marathon (2013) & photos of Ayers Rock
    • Photos de machots royaux, de guanacoset de moutons de Tierra del Fuego
    • Photos de Sydney
    • Photos de Macao
    • Les résidences estivales des manchots de Magellan
    • Torres del Paine
    • Manchots à jugulaire de l'Ile du Roi-George (Antarctique)
  • Running Human
  • 681 km à pied, ça use le corps et les souliers
  • The Global Marathon Against Pandemics
    • Monthly Prevention Marathons Against Pandemics
  • Running Human - Français
  • Un marathon pour positiver le confinement et investir pour la santé
  • Le marathon mondial contre lespandémies
  • Coping With the Coronavirus
  • Primitiveness Is the Smartest Weapon Against the Collateral Damage of Progress
  • Panicvirus-19 is irrationally impacting on long-distance running
  • Global Warming Means More Marathon Cancellations Ahead
  • The Amazing Potential Benefits of Novel coronavirus 2019
  • Lions Know How to Run and How to Eat, Many Humans Don’t

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

In other words, barefoot running is the smart way to achieve a healthy mind in a healthy body: Mens sana in corpore sano.
By the way, rationally speaking, this means for instance 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 useful and relevant than any race medal, record or ranking.

The book: Running Barefoot for Human Survival

Le livre :
Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains

Primitiveness Is the Smartest Weapon Against the Collateral Damage of Progress

Smart primitiveness, i.e. long-distance barefoot running, is ironically the effective weapon against the collateral damage of progress, wealth and comfort, including selfishness, global warming and the preventable chronic diseases.
 
Human species lived in harmony with nature for three million years. Homo sapiens emerged 200,000 years ago. Some of its individuals later left the normal human habitat and migrated to high latitudes. The first encounter with the cold was a tough experience for the naked tribesmen. So those Cro-Magnons who found a cave, were luckier than those who didn’t. They left the caves when they found out how to protect their body against the cold, and change the hostile environment enough to make it durably habitable. Therefore, progress meant survival.
 
Some people are now arguing that modern humans have evolved, and therefore they have to wear shoes. They’re right to the extent that we have a smaller brain, we keep increasing our body mass index (BMI) and some people have less melanin. But we’re still vulnerable to the cold, because we remain the same tropical species of hunter-gatherers, and that’s why more and more people are running marathons, despite all the pains and injuries. On the other hand, no naked human, left alone even with enough food in New York Central Park, Chicago Lincoln Park, Paris Bois de Boulogne, Berlin Tiergarten or at the speakers’ corner of London’s Hyde Park, can survive the cold months.
 
Sadly, the quest for progress and comfort has resulted in overconsumption, increased human tragedies triggered by global warming, and preventable chronic diseases, such as stress, depression, insomnia, fatigue, overweight, obesity, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, erectile dysfunction, certain cancers, loss of mobility or cognitive ability, etc., against which doctors and drugs are proving increasingly powerless.

Unsurprisingly, since our reactions have been so far mainly and vainly greenwashing and medication, global warming and preventable chronic diseases are prospering and destroying our health, our comfort and, for some, even their homes.


Enlightened primitiveness, i.e. long-distance barefoot running, is the key to stop overconsumption with no regret, while staying happy and healthy, and efficiently preventing running fatigue, pains and injuries, for free. Running marathons is indeed a reenactment of persistence hunting, which was the ancestral routine human activity to bring food to the camp.

That’s the reason why most finishers proudly exhibit the medals as hunting trophies, and some even instinctively bite them, because the medals represent the animals they have been running after. I feel therefore sorry for those who’re doing marathons for recognition, since running 100 or even 365 marathons in a year, barefoot or with harmful accessories, is just the routine human job, hence nothing to brag about.

So instead showing off, all marathoners should rather humbly lead by example, and commit themselves to helping non-runners to get the motivation and join our community. It’s not about philanthropy, but taking the smart option, since we’re all sitting in the same sinking boat because of global warming. Keeping selfishly arguing, hating or blaming each other isn’t the right way to stay afloat, and, if we persist in doing so, we’ll end up shutting the mouths when our heads start reaching the water level.
 
Sadly, some individuals who have not yet grasped it, indulge in writing silly comments (curiously with the same misspelling of my first name) or sending stupid malicious links or attachments, as clear evidence of the ongoing shrinking of human brain. Interestingly, the brain of our closest relatives—the chimps—isn’t shrinking. So they know how to climb and jump from one tree to another, and, of course, what and how to eat. They know for instance that bananas are good food, but potato chips are not. They’d therefore “laugh out loud” at those bulky bipedal primates who throw bananas into the field of European football stadiums, which begs a legitimate question: “Who is the ape?”
 
At the same time all over the world—understandably much more in wealthy countries—innumerable helpless adult humans are seeking advice on what and how to eat, how to run, or what harmful accessories are better for their feet. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, as I explain in my book, those who want to lose weight keep increasing their BMI, because the diets are not meant to work for them, and marathon runners are sustaining fatigue, pains and injuries because of the harmful accessories.
The human body is not designed for our lifestyle: We’re born to run barefoot to be happy and healthy and boost our immune systems, i.e. our best defense against pandemics, including COVID-19.

Le corps humain n’est pas conçu pour notre mode de vie : nous sommes nés pour courir pieds nus pour vivre heureux et en bonne santé et renforcer notre système immunitaire, c’est-à-dire notre meilleure défense contre les pandémies, y compris la COVID-19.