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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 105: Six Day Race Part 11: O'Leary vs. Weston II (1877)
Description: By Davy Crockett
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In America, 1876 had been a “loopy” six-day race year, with at least eighteen races held. Interest was high, but there were also skeptics. Closing out the last episode, Daniel O’Leary, of Chicago, the champion pedestrian of the world, reached 500 miles for the third time in six days, but his reputation had been tarnished due to some false accusations that in some people’s minds also put a black eye on the ultra-distance sport.
With criticism swirling around him, it was time for O’Leary to show England that he was the true c...