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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 54: The 100-miler - Part 1 - (1737-1875) Edward Payson Weston
Description: By Davy Crockett
The 100-miler! Running or walking 100 miles in one-go is an amazing accomplishment. Unfortunately, some people of today still mistakenly believe that the 100-miler was invented in 1974 when a man without his horse ran 100 miles. Contrary to the cunning marketing hype that has been spread for decades, the history of the 100-miler ultra on all surfaces started long before that year. The sub-24-hour 100-miler was accomplished by hundreds of people before that famed journey in the California Sierra in 1974. In April 2020, Runner's World magazine erroneously called that run "The First 100-mile Ultra."
The “mile” measurement has roots back...