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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 2: Man vs. Horse
Description: 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 “Man vs. Horse” were competed as early as 1879. But it was a 157-mil...