US News Woman Runs 90 Marathons Barefoot – Here's What Her Feet Look Like

A woman has finished her “adventure of a lifetime”, running the equivalent of 90 marathons barefoot across the UK – and her feet are in surprisingly good nick.  

Anna McNuff, an adventurer and former GB rower, completed her 2,352 mile journey on Sunday, having spent 168 days on the road.

“The past six months seem like a bizarre dream,” she tweeted, after crossing the finishing line. “It’s been an emotional journey, and crikey on a crumpet – what a finish!”

McNuff, who’s an ambassador for Girlguiding UK, set off from the Shetland Isles in June 2019 and reached Cannizzaro Park in Wimbledon, London, on 17 November.

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Has been obsessed with running barefoot after reading Born to Run and seeing children run A super-tough athlete has arrived in London after completing 100 marathons barefoot and urges Asked before she set out what she would do if she stepped on glass and cut her foot , Anna said: 'If I

I am a relatively new barefoot runner , starting 1st April. Before than I run in Vibram Fivefingers. I am not aiming for a fast time or anything - just looking for a debut barefoot race. Friends of mine who've been running marathons in shoes talk about how their toenails are all messed up and laugh about it

She visited 143 towns and spoke to 1,700 Girl Guides along the way, carrying a simple message: “I’m on a massive adventure and girls do big adventures, so you can do them if you want to.”

Speaking to HuffPost UK on Monday morning, McNuff said: “I feel elated and sad all at once now that the run is done, but it’s a huge relief. Without a doubt the hardest challenge of my life and I’m ready to give my bod and brain a rest.” 

She added that her feet are doing well, despite a few setbacks along the way, including cutting her foot on a tree root. 

“They’ve suffered in the last few weeks through the cold snaps of late autumn – but they’re super strong, and I’m very proud of them for carrying me all those miles,” she said. “Time to put them in some slippers.”

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"The barefoot running movement has certainly fizzled over the last couple years," says Dr. Justin Franson, a podiatrist at the University Foot and Ankle Institute in Valencia ACTIVE is the leader in online event registrations from 5k running races and marathons to softball leagues and local events.

Hi all, I'm running barefoot /minimalist for about half a year now, and basically I'm doing well. Have a look at the attached picture where I've drawn a border around the area. I'm not exactly sure if those are "real" blisters. At least I've run several half- marathons that were flat, and then I had no such issues.

McNuff relied on the kindness of strangers for accommodation throughout her challenge, with families around the country responding to her callouts on social media and offering her a bed for the night. 

When HuffPost UK spoke to McNuff one week – and 80 miles – into her journey, she described how she’d been training for 18 months in the lead up to the challenge, running around London barefoot. 

People assumed the skin on her feet would be really hard, she added, but it wasn’t. “It’s actually quite a soft callus that builds up,” she said. “Your skin gradually gets thicker, almost like layers of a trifle.”

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Here are the conclusions Further, barefoot running does not result in greater activation in these muscles compared to running shod. This suggests that barefoot running may not result in strengthening of the foot intrinsic muscles.

Because runners ' feet endure the brunt of the repetitive pounding of the sport Nearly every runner knows the plantar fascia tendon that runs lengthwise across the bottom of the As with all tendonitis issues, the beast can rear its ugly head sometimes out of nowhere and drag on for what feels like an

McNuff explained that “a good soak” to ease her running pains wasn’t an option. “The problem is if you have a bath it [the skin] starts to all fall off, so I have to keep my feet outside the bath. Which is really annoying because I like a bath!”