
556: Ultrarunning History
Trail Runner Nation
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What Happened to the Races?
In the late 18 hundreds, they didn't have football. They didn't have baseball as we know this. In n around 18 80, the biggest sport spectator sport in america was watching these crazy ultar runners go around tracks with thousands of spectators. After a while, after a while, because it, it was crucked. It was because so much betting was involved, corruption was introduced,. and really the low lives got involved. And then world war two hit, and really the sport went into this period of time when it wasn't happening. Ken a hibernation, a dibernation for the sport.
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