178: Grand Canyon Short Stories – Part Two
By Davy Crockett In May, thousands of hikers and ultrarunners make their pilgrimage to the Grand Canyon to hike or run across this amazing w...
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177: Grand Canyon History Short Stories – Part One
By Davy Crockett This weekend (mid May each year) the North Rim of the Grand Canyon opened for the season. Thousands of hikers and ultrarunn...
176: Trail Runner Nation Interview about Old Sport Campana
By Davy Crockett For this episode of the Ultrarunning History Podcast, I included an edited down interview I did with the excellent Trail Ru...
175: The Tarahumara Ultrarunners
By Davy Crockett This episode is a replay of the popular early episode 29, about the Tarahumara runners of Mexico. In recent years, the stor...
174: Old Sport Campana (1836-1906) – Part Seven
By Davy Crockett In 1889, "Old Sport" Peter Napoleon Campana (1836-1905) returned home to Bridgeport, Connecticut, after his four-month trip...
173: Old Sport Campana (1836-1906) – Part Six
By Davy Crockett After ten years of competing in ultra-distance races, Old Sport, Peter Napoleon Campana (1836-1906), age 52, had never gone...
172: Old Sport Campana (1836-1906) – Part Five
By Davy Crockett By 1888, Old Sport Campana had competed in 35 ultra-distance races, and eight in 1888. He also competed in the most histori...
171: Old Sport Campana (1836-1906) – Part Four
By Davy Crockett By 1884, “Old Sport” Peter Napoleon Campana (1836-1906), had gained national fame. He was being called "the clown of the wa...
170: Old Sport Campana (1836-1906) – Part Three
By Davy Crockett By 1880, “Old Sport” Peter Napoleon Campana (1836-1906), a fruit and nut peddler from Bridgeport, Connecticut, had establis...
169: Old Sport Campana (1836-1906) – Part Two
By Davy Crockett In part one, “Old Sport” Peter Napoleon Campana (1836-1906), of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a poor street vendor, and talented...
168: Old Sport Campana (1836-1906) – Part One
By Davy Crockett Peter Napoleon Campana (1836-1906), of Bridgeport, Connecticut, known as "Old Sport," was recognized as the most popular an...
167: Connie Gardner – National Champion Ultrarunner
By Davy Crockett Connie Gardner, from Akron Ohio, is the 25th person inducted into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame, joining the Hall...
166: Stu Mittleman – The Ultrarunning Professor
By Davy Crockett Stu Mittleman was the sixth person to be inducted into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame. During the 1980s, while a co...
165: Bernd Heinrich – Naturalist Ultrarunner
By Davy Crockett During the first half of the 1980s, Bernd Heinrich, of Vermont, was the fastest ultrarunner in America. In 2007, he was the...
164: Sue Ellen Trapp – Pioneer Ultrarunner and Legend
By Davy Crockett Sue Ellen Trapp was one of the elite women pioneer ultrarunners who burst into the sport in the 1970s. She was the fourth p...
163: Marcy Schwam: Pioneer Ultrarunner
By Davy Crockett Marcy Schwam (1953-) from Massachusetts, was an ultrarunning pioneer in the 1970s and early 1980s, during an era when some...
162: Sandy Kiddy – Pioneer Ultrarunner (1936-2018)
By Davy Crockett Sandra "Sandy" Jean (Mackey) Kiddy (1936-2018) of Rancho Mirage, California was the first woman to be inducted into the Ame...
161: Gordy Ainsleigh’s Western States Run – 50 Years Ago
By Davy Crockett 50 years ago, on August 3-4, 1974, Gordy Ainsleigh accomplished his legendary run on the Western States Trail in the Califo...
160: Ted Corbitt – Part Three (1964-2007)
By Davy Crockett For most elite ultrarunners, as they reach their mid-40s, their competitive years are mostly behind them. But for Ted Corbi...
159: Ted Corbitt – Part Two (1953-1963)
By Davy Crockett After Ted Corbitt's disappointing 1952 Olympic marathon, he was determined to continue running. (Read Part One). His key ta...
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