![]() Ultrarunning legend Ted Corbitt (1919-2007) ran fewer than ten 100-milers.īy the end of 1999 a few prolific ultrarunners had piled up 100-mile race finishes. Before 1980, no one ran dozens of 100-milers during their running career, only a handful of 100s. In the modern era, by the mid-1970s, running 100 miles in competition started to become more available to anyone. ![]() My new book! Grand Canyon Rim to Rim History For both, most of those races were six-day races where they usually ran far more than 300 miles. Frank Hart (1856-1908) finished about 77 100-milers in 24 years. It is estimated that he exceeded 100 miles in 80 of his races across his 25-year running career. In the 1800s, the most prolific 100-mile runner was probably George D. ![]() The sport of running 100 miles competitively has existed for multiple centuries. (Listen to the podcast episode too with audio clips from the runners.) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | JioSaavn | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More By Davy Crockettīoth a podcast episode and a full article Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:22 - 34.0MB)
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