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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 13: Endurance Riding – Part 2 (1955-1970)
Description: By Davy Crockett
Both a podcast episode and a full article
You might ask, what does the history of endurance riding have to do with ultrarunning? There are many close parallels between these two endurance sports. Ultrarunners should feel indebted to those of the endurance riding sport who had the vision to establish some early trail 100-milers for runners. The trail 100-miler inherited many of the same procedures of aid stations, course markings, trail work, crews, medical checks, cut-off times, and of course the belt buckle award. Part 1 covered the very early history of Endurance riding up to 1955.
By 1955 the s...