Man runs barefoot half marathon in the snow to break Guinness record

FEB. 5, 2021 / 4:36 PM

Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A Norwegian runner unofficially broke a Guinness World Record when he ran a half marathon in 1 hour, 44 minutes and 58 seconds while barefoot -- in the snow.

Jonas Felde Sevaldrud, who chronicled his record attempt in a YouTube video, said the book Born to Run by Christopher McDougall inspired him to take up barefoot running, and his early attempts surprised him at how running barefoot over ice and snow wasn't as difficult as he imagined.



Sevaldrud said he decided to take on Dutch athlete Wim Hof's world record, which was set in 2007 when he ran a half marathon over ice and snow in 2 hours, 16 minutes and 34 seconds.


Man runs barefoot half marathon in the snow to break Guinness record


Seems to me if I overdressed and the rest of me was too hot it would help keep my feet warm.

 

Yep, this is how it works. Just remember, it's not magic. You will still have limitations.

 

So I took the time to properly watch that video. Our intrepid Norwegian runner definitely risked some serious injury to his feet here. When your skin begins to peel like that, get out. In the comments section for this video, it was revealed that this run was performed in -3 Celcius (26,6 Fah) weather conditions. This is actually still pretty mild. Just 10 degrees lower would've been a whole different ball game.

 

I did a fifty yard dash from my shop to the house at -9F,you feel it fast!

 

Oh yes, you do.

 

MARCH 5, 2021

"Barefoot half-marathon records goes down again"


Until this year, the barefoot half-marathon record belonged to Dutch athlete Win Hof, who ran a time of 2:16:34 in 2007. Seemingly no one has attempted to break this record in the last decade (and if they did, they were unsuccessful) until earlier this year, when Jonas Felde Sevaldrud of Norway lowered the record by more than 30 minutes, clocking a 1:44:58. Then, less than one month later, Quebec runner Karim El Hayani broke the record yet again, this time coming in at 1:40:49. Right around the same time El Hayani was making his record-breaking attempt, Weigand was across the ocean doing the same thing."

More Barefoot half-marathon records goes down again - Canadian Running Magazine