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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 145: The Lake Waramaug 100K
Description: By Davy Crockett
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The first certified 100 km race in America was held at Lake Waramaug, Connecticut, in 1974. Today it remains as the oldest 100 km race in the country and the second oldest American ultra still held. For many years in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, it was the unofficial national championship for the 100 km distance and the best ultrarunners in the U.S. made their pilgrimage to Lake Waramaug to test their abilities on the 7.59-mile paved road loop around the lake.
Before 1974, the 50-mile or 100-mile distances had been the A...