It all started when surf coach Blake Johnston cut his heel while surfing in Indonesia.

Wearing shoes was too painful, so he started recovering barefoot on the treadmill.

"In winter I came back [to Australia] and said, 'I'm not going to stop, I'll give it a crack and toughen up' and I started running barefoot," he said.

"I now probably run 90 per cent of the time barefoot and I try and train every day, running between 60 and 100 kilometres." To continue reading, please visit: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10...oot-runner-tackles-gruelling-journey/12766490...

Stoke City fan Chris Devine has completed his 15th marathon in 38 days – after running large parts of the epic challenge without shoes.

The fundraiser initially tried to finish all 15 of his scheduled 26.2-mile runs inside September. But a combination of injury and an inability to take more time off work meant he had to extend the challenge by eight days. To continue reading, please visit: https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/who-needs-shoes-youre-running-4589337

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Aventure : 3 500 km et 80 jours à courir sans chaussures, Florian Gomet raconte
Florian Gomet lors de sa traversée de l'Europe. (Hervé Deschamps)
Florian Gomet lors de sa traversée de l'Europe. (Hervé Deschamps)
Florian Gomet a réalisé un périple de 3 500 km entre Nantes et la mer Noire : 88 jours, sans chaussures, sans équipement, sans argent, et en ne mangeant que des fruits et des légumes. Ce trentenaire au mode de vie minimaliste revient...

You’ve probably never heard of Hippolyte Martinet. But once you learn about his journey, you’ll never forget him.

"That was a story I had to share," Martinet's great-great niece, Micae Martinet said. "From what I understand, it started out as a spirited debate between his brother and himself."

It was 1920, just after the end of World War I and the last great flu pandemic, when the Yakima cabinet maker declared he was ready to set out on an adventure across the United States and around the world.

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