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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 27: Yiannis Kouros – Greek Greatness
Description: By Davy Crockett
Get the new book that tells the story of Spartathlon and Kouros' famed 1983 run there
Yiannis Kouros from Greece is considered by most, as the greatest ultrarunner of all time. That is a bold statement, but there are few that dispute this statement. The late “Stubborn Scotsman,” Don Ritchie, is certainly in the conversation, Some can try arguing for certain mountain trail ultrarunners, but what Kouros accomplished, dominating for more than a 20-year period, and setting world records that have lasted for decades is nothing but mind-boggling. Every ultrarunner needs to know about Yiannis Kouros and his accom...