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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