Runs barefoot, athlete from Guinea challenging pain

Sidi Dillo has traveled all over the world, sometimes running to marathons one after another, and recently, he has kept his pace in New York, where he preaches, as in other places, running wildly.

Since 2015, Dialo has been participating in 63 marathons, drawing the entire range of reactions from sympathy to open hostility.

Crazy! He's crazy! ” shouted a spectator as Guinea-born marathonist took his race three weeks ago.

When people see me like this, I don't know why they get angry. Some also become aggressive. On the faces of another part I see fears”- said Dialo.

He claims that there was pain in the first few days but later learned. Initially a physician whose career took a turn around is now French diplomat Dialo started this kind of run at 55, viewing it as a new challenge.

“has a price to pay” in the first painful days of running bare, he acknowledges, but your feet must adjust. Your whole body should get used to it.” He says that in this way, he seeks to return to what the first humans have experienced, for which the wild run was a matter of survival, not just entertainment.