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Ultrarunning History

Podcast about the history of ultrarunning. An ultramarathon is a running race of 50K (31 miles) or more, up to 3,100 miles. This extreme running sport came into existence during the late 1800s.

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18: 1,000 Milers – Part 2 – The Barclay Match

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2019/03/09

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast episode and a full article Richard Manks Can a person walk or run 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours, doing a mile in each and every hour for nearly 42 days? That was the strange question that surfaced in 1809 in England. In Part 1 of the 1000-milers I covered the attempts to reach 1,000 miles as fast possible. This part will cover what became known as the Barclay Match, walking a mile every hour, which was a feat of enduring sleep deprivation and altering sleep patterns

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17: 1,000-milers – Part 1

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2019/02/14

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast episode and a full article In the 1980s running 100 miles started to become more popular for the non-professional runner to attempt. By 2017 some in the ultrarunning community viewed running 100 miles as fairly common place. In recent years a saying of “200 is the new 100” emerged as a few 200-mile trail races were established, meaning that 100 miles used to be viewed as very difficult but 200 miles was the new challenging standard. This may be true, but what

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16: Western States 100 Beginnings

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2019/01/30

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast episode and a full article In Part One on Endurance Riding, I covered the very early history of the sport of endurance riding from 1814-1954 when forgotten individuals established the sport they called "endurance riding" and paved the future for the sport. In Part Two I covered the early history of the Western States Trail Ride (Tevis Cup) from 1955-1970 and worked through some folklore about the history of the Ride. In this concluding part we will wade through

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15: Sandra Brown – 200+ 100-milers

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2019/01/20

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast episode and a full article The 100 x 100 list now includes 21 accomplished athletes who have finished 100 or more races of 100 milers or more. This article will introduce the Sandra and Richard Brown, both on the list, and highlights their amazing 100-mile careers and some of the events in Europe unfamiliar to American ultrarunners. Sandra was the very first person in the world who finished 100 100-milers and the first to reach 200. By the end of July 2021,

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14: 100 x 100-milers

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2019/01/04

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast episode and a full article (Listen to the podcast episode too with audio clips from some of the runners.) New book! The Six-Day Race Part One The sport of running 100 miles competitively has existed for multiple centuries. In the 1800s, the most prolific 100-mile runner was probably George D. Cameron "Noremac" (1852-1922). It is estimated that he exceeded 100 miles in 80 of his races across his 25-year running career. Frank Hart (1856-1908) finished about 77

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13: Endurance Riding – Part 2 (1955-1970)

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2018/12/19

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast episode and a full article You might ask, what does the history of endurance riding have to do with ultrarunning? There are many close parallels between these two endurance sports. Ultrarunners should feel indebted to those of the endurance riding sport who had the vision to establish some early trail 100-milers for runners. The trail 100-miler inherited many of the same procedures of aid stations, course markings, trail work, crews, medical checks, cut-off times,

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12: Endurance Riding – Part 1 (1814-1954)

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2018/12/08

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast episode and a full article Endurance riding is the equestrian sport that includes controlled long-distance riding/racing. The sport has existed for more than a century in various forms. 100-mile trail ultramarathons, especially the Western States Endurance Run, Old Dominion 100, and Vermont 100 can trace their roots to endurance riding. Other trail 100s that emerged in the 1980s were also influenced by endurance riding practices. Ultrarunners should feel indebted

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11: John Seiler – The Flying Yank (1921-1983)

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2018/11/22

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast episode and a full article There is a special breed of ultrarunner that historian Jim Shapiro in 1980 called the “solo artist.” These runners usually had solid ultrarunning abilities, but instead of regularly completing in races, they used their abilities to accomplish stunts. This was done to garner attention from spectators and fans and to gain income and sponsorships. Solo artists would always invent and claim “world records.” They had creative nicknames and

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10: The Ultradistance Marches (1941-45)

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2018/11/13

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast and a full article During the World War II period in 1940s, ultradistance races in America totally disappeared. Many of the talented runners turned in their leather running shoes for leather boots and served their country in war. But as servicemen, there were many endurance activities that took place both on the bases and on the battle field. A “forced march” is a relatively fast march over a distance carrying a load. It was a common military exercise during the

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9: The Walkathon of the 1930s

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2018/11/03

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast and a full article 1918 advertisement The original walkathons were not the relatively tame fundraising walks of the 1970s for causes. Instead these walkathons were brutal endurance events that had their heyday in the mid-1930s. These walkathons were not ultrarunning events. They were rather twisted walking events, if it could even be called walking. They were mostly a crazy test of enduring sleep deprivation. But still, it is important to understand the history of

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8: The 50-Miler History

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2018/10/23

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast and a full article The fifty-mile race is a distance most of today's ultrarunners eventually run. In 2017 there were about 300 50-mile races held in America with about 16,000 unique finishers. At nearly twice the distance of a marathon, it truly involves a different approach than running a marathon both mentally and physically. Ultrarunning legend, David Horton once wrote, “Most ultra-runners, me included, consider that real ultras are 50 miles or longer.” Since the

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7: The 1930 500-mile Peter Dawson Relay

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2018/09/22

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast and a full article As the Great Depression began raging across the world, race events for professional ultrarunners pretty much dried up in the United States. All professional sports suffered in America during that time. For a few years, promoters in Canada filled the void, and were able to attract some of the most talented American ultrarunners to head northward, to run in their races. One such race was the 1930 Peter Dawson Relay held in the province of Quebec

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6: The Last Day Run (1965-1972)

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2018/09/09

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast and a full article Runners seen through the window running 1970 Last Day Run For the common man, we frequently make history without knowing it at the time. As years pass, one can look back and discover that certain events, which at the time seemed insignificant, actually played an important part in history. Such events weren’t forgotten or pushed aside; their stories just had not been told. Such is the case with "The Last Day Run.” Ultrarunning existed in the late

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5: Crossing the Grand Canyon

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2018/08/30

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast and a full article (Listen to the podcast episode which includes the bonus story about my love for the Grand Canyon, and the 1,000 miles I've run down in it.) Crossing the Grand Canyon on foot is something many visitors of the spectacular Canyon wonder about as they gaze across its great expanse to the distant rim. Crossing the Canyon and returning back is an activity that has taken place for more than 125 years. Each year thousands of people cross the famous

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4: The 1963 50-Mile Frenzy

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2018/08/23

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast and a full article Prior to the 1960s, most of the ultrarunners participating in ultradistance races were professionals. It was a spectator sport. The general public never had serious thoughts that they too could run ultradistances. My New Book! Grand Canyon Rim to Rim History In 1963, President John F. Kennedy unintentionally played a key role that provided the spark to ignite interest for ultrarunning in America and elsewhere. The door was flung open for all who

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3: Hardrock Simpson (1904-1978)

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2018/08/11

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast and a full article Paul “Hardrock” Simpson, of Burlington, North Carolina, was an elite colorful, professional ultrarunner of the late 1920s who worked to continue in the sport during the Great Depression. He was one of the very few talented ultradistance runners who bridged to the post-war modern era of ultrarunning in the 1950s. With creativity, charisma, and strong performances, he successfully captured the imagination of the nation during both the periods

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2: Man vs. Horse

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2018/07/31

By Davy Crockett Both a podcast and a full article The start of the Man vs Horse race held in 1929 at the Philadelphia Arena For more than two centuries, people have debated if humans on foot could beat horses. Those on the side of humans argued that over a long enough distance, human beings could outrun horses. It has been contended that humans are capable of covering vast distances after the horse becomes winded and unable to continue. To try to prove this point, ultradistance races billed as

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1: Padre Island 110-miler 1953-1956

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2018/07/28

By Davy Crockett What was the first American ultradistance race in the modern era? Perhaps the answer is the Padre Island Walkatahon 110-miler, a three-day stage race that was started in 1953. It may have even been the first modern trail ultra in the world. This unusual race was a point-to-point race that ran along the sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas. Those who put it on were very forward-thinking, introducing features that would be used in ultras decades later. Previously long

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0: Introduction to the Ultrarunning History Podcast

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2018/07/11

Welcome to Ultrarunning History Podcast. In this introductory episode, you will hear what the podcast will contain and I’ll reveal a little about myself, what it is like living with the name, Davy Crockett. These episodes won’t be dry history lessons from some old stodgy history professor. They will be fun with plenty of lame jokes from some old stodgy ultrarunner. In this episode I will answer some questions such as: What is it like living with the name Davy Crockett? When did I become

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