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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 6: The Last Day Run (1965-1972)
Description: By Davy Crockett
Both a podcast and a full article
Runners seen through the window running 1970 Last Day Run
For the common man, we frequently make history without knowing it at the time. As years pass, one can look back and discover that certain events, which at the time seemed insignificant, actually played an important part in history. Such events weren’t forgotten or pushed aside; their stories just had not been told. Such is the case with "The Last Day Run.”
Ultrarunning existed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The participants were mostly professionals who performed for spectators. As th...