Dr. Sidy Diallo's private runs in Authoritarian Absurdistan, namely France, since November 28, 2020, make up the Absurdistan Running Series (ARS).
The 2021 Absurdistan Runs
Dr. Barefoot Sidy Diallo
I explained in 2020 why I started naming my private runs in France “Absurdistan marathons.”
My book Running Barefoot for Human Survival is available on Amazon in paperback and e-book format (French edition: Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains).
I explained in 2020 why I started naming my private runs in France “Absurdistan marathons.”
My book Running Barefoot for Human Survival is available on Amazon in paperback and e-book format (French edition: Courir pieds nus pour sauver les humains).
The Absurdistan Marathon # 32
See the 2021 Farewell Marathon Against Pandemics
The Absurdistan Marathon # 31
The Absurdistan Marathon # 30
Marathon # 321
Date: December 28, 2021
My time: 4:50:29
By Dr. Sidy Diallo
The weather was as dismal as the pandemic hysteria, so much so that the image of the Lake also seemed to foreshadow the twilight of Homo sapiens. Folks, these gloomy circumstances rather boosted my motivation, because it’s more crucial than ever to keep running and walking for our physical and mental health, and leading by example. I consequently finished the marathon faster than my recent marathons and walked afterwards 1.23 km to my aid station, i.e. the car.
Date: December 28, 2021
My time: 4:50:29
By Dr. Sidy Diallo
The weather was as dismal as the pandemic hysteria, so much so that the image of the Lake also seemed to foreshadow the twilight of Homo sapiens. Folks, these gloomy circumstances rather boosted my motivation, because it’s more crucial than ever to keep running and walking for our physical and mental health, and leading by example. I consequently finished the marathon faster than my recent marathons and walked afterwards 1.23 km to my aid station, i.e. the car.
The Absurdistan Marathon # 29
Marathon # 320
My 21st marathon in 18 weeks
Date: December 26, 2021
My time: 5:35:34
No hangover on Boxing Day: I ran 42.2 km (26.2 miles) and got enough endorphins for free.
My 21st marathon in 18 weeks
Date: December 26, 2021
My time: 5:35:34
No hangover on Boxing Day: I ran 42.2 km (26.2 miles) and got enough endorphins for free.
Absurdistan Marathon # 28
Marathon # 319
Date: December 23, 2021
My time: 5:45:25
The course included some steep ups and downs for a total ascent of 668 meters or 2,191 feet.
Date: December 23, 2021
My time: 5:45:25
The course included some steep ups and downs for a total ascent of 668 meters or 2,191 feet.
Absurdistan Marathon # 27
Absurdistan Marathon # 26
Marathon # 317
My 18th marathon in 16 weeks
Date: December 16, 2021
My time: 5:05:33
By Dr. Sidy Diallo
I ran in the Paris area where I took few pictures of an ongoing deforestation—the liberated dangerous carbon dioxide is by definition invisible—by those who are pointing fingers at developing countries in Asia, Africa or South America. Wikipedia explains how Europeans destroyed their forests before doing the same on other continents:
“Europeans had lived in the midst of vast forests throughout the earlier medieval centuries. After 1250 they became so skilled at deforestation that by 1500 they were running short of wood for heating and cooking. They were faced with a nutritional decline because of the elimination of the generous supply of wild game that had inhabited the disappearing forests, which throughout medieval times had provided the staple of their carnivorous high-protein diet...”
My 18th marathon in 16 weeks
Date: December 16, 2021
My time: 5:05:33
By Dr. Sidy Diallo
I ran in the Paris area where I took few pictures of an ongoing deforestation—the liberated dangerous carbon dioxide is by definition invisible—by those who are pointing fingers at developing countries in Asia, Africa or South America. Wikipedia explains how Europeans destroyed their forests before doing the same on other continents:
“Europeans had lived in the midst of vast forests throughout the earlier medieval centuries. After 1250 they became so skilled at deforestation that by 1500 they were running short of wood for heating and cooking. They were faced with a nutritional decline because of the elimination of the generous supply of wild game that had inhabited the disappearing forests, which throughout medieval times had provided the staple of their carnivorous high-protein diet...”
Absurdistan Marathon # 25
Marathon # 316
My 17th marathon in 15 weeks
Date: December 12, 2021
My time: 4:33:33
Meanwhile, the French government ordered the cancelation of a very popular Christmas Run (The Corrida de Noël) which was scheduled for today in the Paris Area.
My 17th marathon in 15 weeks
Date: December 12, 2021
My time: 4:33:33
Meanwhile, the French government ordered the cancelation of a very popular Christmas Run (The Corrida de Noël) which was scheduled for today in the Paris Area.
Absurdistan Marathon # 24
Absurdistan Marathon # 23
Absurdistan Marathon # 22
See the 2021 COVID Big Screen Marathon
Absurdistan Marathon # 21
Absurdistan Marathon # 20
Absurdistan Marathon # 19
Absurdistan Marathon # 18
See Marathon # 295
Absurdistan Marathon # 17
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 35
Date: July 20, 2021
My Time: 4:56:29
On July 20, 2021, I did a half marathon in the phallus-shaped Downtown of Troyes, in Eastern France. I inadvertently walked 1 km outside the area (compare the official map with my course).
My Time: 4:56:29
On July 20, 2021, I did a half marathon in the phallus-shaped Downtown of Troyes, in Eastern France. I inadvertently walked 1 km outside the area (compare the official map with my course).
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 34
Date: July 17, 2021
Time: 3:51:48
Time: 3:51:48
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 33
Date: July 1, 2021
Distance: 27 km
Time: 3:41:20
Distance: 27 km
Time: 3:41:20
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 32
Date: June 30, 2021
Time: 2:45:54
Time: 2:45:54
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 31
Date: June 26, 2021
Time: 2:24:23
Time: 2:24:23
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 30
Date: June 24, 2021
Distance: 22 km
Time: 2:35:50
Distance: 22 km
Time: 2:35:50
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 29
Date: June 21, 2021
Distance: 30 km
My Time: 4:13:15
Distance: 30 km
My Time: 4:13:15
Absurdistan Marathon # 15
Date: June 17, 2021
Marathon # 292
My Time: 6:13:59
By Dr. Sidy Diallo
I ran nearly 30 km on the course of the Eco-trail de Paris (80 km), which will hopefully take place in two weeks and become the first major running event held in Absurdistan since the COVID-19 outbreak.
Marathon # 292
My Time: 6:13:59
By Dr. Sidy Diallo
I ran nearly 30 km on the course of the Eco-trail de Paris (80 km), which will hopefully take place in two weeks and become the first major running event held in Absurdistan since the COVID-19 outbreak.
Absurdistan Marathon # 14
See the 2021 Palace of Versailles Marathon
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 28
Date: June 1, 2021
My Time: 2:49:56
I ran in the Paris area in Caribbean-like weather (27 °C or 80.6 °F).
My Time: 2:49:56
I ran in the Paris area in Caribbean-like weather (27 °C or 80.6 °F).
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 27
Date: May 29, 2021
My Time: 2:46:09
My Time: 2:46:09
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 26
Date: May 27, 2021
My Time: 2:45:59
My Time: 2:45:59
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 25
Date: May 25, 2021
Time: 2:54:19
Time: 2:54:19
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 24
Date: May 23, 2021
Time: 3:05:44
Time: 3:05:44
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 23
Date: May 18, 2021
My Time: 2:55:57
My Time: 2:55:57
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 22
Date: May 15, 2021
My Time: 3:06:46
My Time: 3:06:46
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 21
Date: May 13, 2021
Time: 4:25:32
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 20 (Barefoot)
Date: May 12, 2021
Time: 3:40:53
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 19
Date: May 9, 2021
Time: 3:54:54
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 18
Date: May 7, 2021
Distance: 25 km
Time: 4:53:34
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 17
Date: April 30, 2021
Time: 3:58:03
Absurdistan Marathon # 13
Barefoot Marathon # 90/Marathon # 288
Date: March 24, 2021
Time: 4:56:50
The weather in the Paris area was perfect yesterday to run barefoot, like our valiant ancestors. Although while I was running my face was expressing neither fear nor any pain, but quite the opposite, a lot of people asked me the eternal questions barefoot runners have to face in many places around the world. “Don’t your feet hurt? Aren’t you afraid of stepping on broken glass?”...
There were fortunately a lot of pieces of broken glass on a place of the course. So I stepped on them and took a photo to illustrate what I was saying, to no avail. That’s hardly a surprise to me, as it’s one of the symptoms of the ancestral phobia of bare feet that I explain in my book Running Barefoot for Human Survival.
Date: March 24, 2021
Time: 4:56:50
The weather in the Paris area was perfect yesterday to run barefoot, like our valiant ancestors. Although while I was running my face was expressing neither fear nor any pain, but quite the opposite, a lot of people asked me the eternal questions barefoot runners have to face in many places around the world. “Don’t your feet hurt? Aren’t you afraid of stepping on broken glass?”...
There were fortunately a lot of pieces of broken glass on a place of the course. So I stepped on them and took a photo to illustrate what I was saying, to no avail. That’s hardly a surprise to me, as it’s one of the symptoms of the ancestral phobia of bare feet that I explain in my book Running Barefoot for Human Survival.
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 16
Date: March 26, 2021
Time: 3:57:01
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 15
Date: March 19, 2021
Time: 3:23:50
Absurdistan Marathon # 12
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 14
Date: February 21, 2021
Time: 2:37:39
Absurdistan Marathon # 11
Absurdistan Marathon # 10
Absurdistan Marathon # 9
Absurdistan Marathon # 8
My Marathon # 283
Date: January 31, 2021
Time: 4:37:50
The imminent third Absurdistan lockdown was called off (or just postponed?) at the last minute. I could therefore run today my 283rd marathon in the rain and mist.
Date: January 31, 2021
Time: 4:37:50
The imminent third Absurdistan lockdown was called off (or just postponed?) at the last minute. I could therefore run today my 283rd marathon in the rain and mist.
Absurdistan Marathon # 7
Absurdistan Half Marathon # 13
Date: January 16, 2021
Time: 2:41:40
State of play in Authoritarian Absurdistan as of December 15, 2020
There’s a new curfew between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.—including on New Year’s Eve—; I did on December 15 my first Absurdistan Marathon, as we are temporarily free to run, except during the curfew; the ban on organized running events remains in force; we’ve entered the coldest season; the mental and physical health of the citizens keeps worsening, etc. May rationality and liberty prevail in Absurdistan and throughout the world in 2021.
There’s a new curfew between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.—including on New Year’s Eve—; I did on December 15 my first Absurdistan Marathon, as we are temporarily free to run, except during the curfew; the ban on organized running events remains in force; we’ve entered the coldest season; the mental and physical health of the citizens keeps worsening, etc. May rationality and liberty prevail in Absurdistan and throughout the world in 2021.