Montrealer heads for Argentina on 2-year barefoot run

[Barefoot TJ]

Montrealer heads for Argentina on 2-year barefoot run
CBC.ca
The Concordia University student began training in earnest for his marathon run last summer by running without shoes or socks on a treadmill, then went running on pavement and even in snow. He left Montreal today wearing running huaraches, footwear ...


From Pole to Pole: the journey of a 'Chexican' barefoot runner
CNN
Kai-Tsu's strategy is to run about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) or two-and-a-half hours -- whichever comes first -- twice a day. He will run barefoot because "no one has else done it," it's cheaper and he won't have to carry lots of pairs of running ...

 

[mokaman]

I didn't see any running route for the first guy there running to Argentina...I wonder if he is going thru Georgia here somewhere?

 

[Hobbit]

French runner Jamel Balhi ran from Alaska to Ushuaia (with shoes however) all on his own (i.e. without support team) and wrote a book about it. There was a part of the Trans America route (in Panama, if I remember correctly) he couldn't do and had to use a boat instead to enter Colombia. 60-80 kilometers every day, living mainly on instant soups and a certain brown colored soft drink...
My best wishes for Kai-Tsu's run!