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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 97: The Six-Day Race Part 5: Daniel O'Leary (1875)
Description: By Davy Crockett
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Daniel O'Leary
By March 1875, Edward Payson Weston, from New York City, was on top of the ultrarunning world (called Pedestrianism). He had just won the first six-day race in history, was the only person who had ever walked 500 miles in six days and held the 24-hour world walking record of 115 miles. Through his efforts and the promotion of P.T. Barnum, the sport had been given a rebirth and was on the front pages of newspapers across America.
Weston had won hundreds of thousands of dollars in today’s value for hi...