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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 50: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 5: The Races
Description: By Davy Crockett
Part 5 of the Rim-to-Rim History Series. See also Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4
Believe it or not, races across the Grand Canyon used to be conducted for hikers and runners. Early on, they occurred with the approval of the National Park, but in later years they were held contrary to rules set forth by the park. Eventually underground races or large commercial rim-to-rim hikes became a point of controversy and outsiders commented that rim-to-rim hikers and runners were turning the Grand Canyon into their own private sports arena for a day.
But within all these various events a...