960 mile BF run Land's End to John O'Groats - did he make it?

[Piggyback RidePlease]

The first bloke to do the London marathon BF (in 2005) was planning to do a 960 mile run (here's one link I found here).

I found a few bits of info on other places like Facebook and it seems he picked up an injury but does anyone know if he continued, plans to continue, gave up etc.?

 

[Barefoot TJ]

The first bloke...  Is that

The first bloke... Is that anything like the first dude? I like that he's running in blue genes. I haven't heard of this runner before.

 

[Piggyback RidePlease]

Here's an article about the

Here's an article about the London Marathon BF at that time here.

Compare faces!

 

[Barefoot TJ]

Same face, just older now. 

Same face, just older now. It would be nice to have him join us here.

 

[JosephTree]

He must be pretty tough.  A

He must be pretty tough. A town with that many L's in it is probably in Wales, and Welsh winters are horribly wet and dreary, and bloody cold enough to make me and my feet want to stay inside.

And BTW, welcome Piggyback!

 

[sloutre]

The article says:"Running

The article says:


"Running barefoot can actually improve running proficiency by 5% because the extra skin that is exposed increases the body's access to oxygen."



Does that mean that it could be more efficient to run completly naked? Are tech running clothe breathable enough?

I had never read that as an argument for running barefoot.