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Effective preventive and curative runtherapy for obesity and other comorbidities of COVID-19: Whether we’re willing to admit it or not, laziness, gluttony, alcohol, tobacco and sneakers are the problems. Find out why in the book “Running Barefoot for Human Survival.”
We Are the New Bikila
Running barefoot prevents injury, fatigue and comorbidities, and improves working memory. The NeoBikilas are those humans who are increasingly getting rid of any kind of shoes to run like the Abebe Bikila of 1960 and like our ancestors for three million years before him.
Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila, a last-minute replacement of an injured compatriot, ran the 1960 Olympic Marathon in Rome barefoot. He won the race and broke the world record. A brand had offered him new shoes, but, as they hurt him, he rightly decided to do without them. However, he afterwards agreed to wear sneakers and eventually sustained serious injuries that terminated his marathon career.
The NeoBikilas are those humans who are increasingly taking the opposite direction, by getting rid of the traditional, minimalist or maximalist shoes to run like the Abebe Bikila of 1960 and like our ancestors for three million years before him.
The NeoBikilas will have the wonderful opportunity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first marathon done on naked feet, by participating barefoot in the 2020 Rome Marathon, to be held on March 29, on the footsteps of Abebe Bikila. Those who are not yet ready to run barefoot the whole distance will also be able to participate in the celebrating event, by taking their shoes off any time on the course, including on the home stretch, and crossing the finish line like Bikila. This legendary guy inspired us. So let’s pay him the tribute he deserves. And the bad news is that the 2020 Rome Marathon was cancelled.
Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila, a last-minute replacement of an injured compatriot, ran the 1960 Olympic Marathon in Rome barefoot. He won the race and broke the world record. A brand had offered him new shoes, but, as they hurt him, he rightly decided to do without them. However, he afterwards agreed to wear sneakers and eventually sustained serious injuries that terminated his marathon career.
The NeoBikilas are those humans who are increasingly taking the opposite direction, by getting rid of the traditional, minimalist or maximalist shoes to run like the Abebe Bikila of 1960 and like our ancestors for three million years before him.
The NeoBikilas will have the wonderful opportunity to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first marathon done on naked feet, by participating barefoot in the 2020 Rome Marathon, to be held on March 29, on the footsteps of Abebe Bikila. Those who are not yet ready to run barefoot the whole distance will also be able to participate in the celebrating event, by taking their shoes off any time on the course, including on the home stretch, and crossing the finish line like Bikila. This legendary guy inspired us. So let’s pay him the tribute he deserves. And the bad news is that the 2020 Rome Marathon was cancelled.