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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 94: The Six-Day Race Part 3: P.T. Barnum – Ultrarunning Promoter (1874)
Description: By Davy Crockett
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The ultimate showman, P.T. Barnum of circus fame, was surprisingly the first serious ultrarunning promoter and established the first six-day race in America. He was famous for the saying “There’s a sucker is born every minute,” and figured out how to get America to come out by the thousands to watch skinny guys walk, run and suffer around a small indoor track for hours and days as part of his “Greatest Show on Earth” presented in the heart of New York City. In this episode, details of Barnum’s connection t...