Man runs London Marathon BAREFOOT while wearing a 22lb weighted vest in tribute to his late mother By Daily Mail
A father-of-three ran the London Marathon completely barefoot while wearing a 22lb weighted vest in tribute to his late mother who died after a nine year battle with cancer.
Steven Smith decided to make the 26.2 mile run on Sunday October 1 even harder to symbolise 'the pain a cancer patient goes through' while raising money for the charity Cancer Research UK.
J'aurais aimé dire "ça, c'est fait", mais ce n'est pas tout à fait exact.
Côté sportif, l'objectif n'est pas rempli puisque j'ai abandonné à 72 km, mais je suis malgré tout très satisfait.
Ma plus longue distance courue passe de 50 à 72 km, et je n'ai eu aucun souci de frottement ni d'échauffement, ni gastrique, ni au niveau de la plante des pieds.
C'est au niveau musculaire que ça a été la bérézina.
J'ai marché plus que prévu dans le long faux plat montant à partir du 56e, puis 10 km plus loin au début de la descente vers St-Affrique les muscles des jambes ont jeté l'éponge les uns après les autres.
Arrivé en bas, à l'allure flamboyante de 3,5 km/h, même les lombaires commençaient à être douloureux à force de compenser les quadriceps défaillants.
J'ai fait un détour par les tables de massage, ce qui a apporté un léger mieux mais n'a pas fait de miracle.
Et quand j'ai été pris...
**U P D A T E** from 03/23/23 Posted below Next update 04/23/23
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American ultrarunner completes barefoot trek of
California's John Muir Trail Canadian Running Magazine
New York-based ultrarunner Kenneth Posner completed a 22-day trek along California’s 210-mile (337K) John Muir Trail (JMT) on Saturday. While Posner didn’t run the route, he is an avid trail runner and ultrarunner, and he almost exclusively runs barefoot. He didn’t take to the JMT to break any official records (the various fastest known time records for the JMT hover around two to four days), but rather for a personal challenge: to hike the entire trail without shoes.
