Bikila: eternal marathon footprint
Barbados Today
After the race, when Bikila was asked why he had run barefoot, he replied: “I wanted the whole world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won ...
"Just days before the competition, Abebe had a blister in his foot due to running with a new shoe. Some had claimed that he used to train barefoot. However, it was absolutely not true. He decided to run barefoot only as a result of inconvenience."
I guess you dont run and win a marathon with no shoes if you are not prepared with some training
after almost three years of barefoot running it still would be impossible for me to run these 26 miles
look at his feet, they are so strong...
That's a famous picture of his feet. It looks like he has thickened plantar skin (from running barefoot, no doubt), but his toes do cramp inward (from wearing shoes), unfortunately...a true sign.
