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Christopher McDougall's Born to Run claims that modern ultramarathon running came about from a horse orienteering race in California in the late '60s or early '70s that already had a fair amount of leading the horse. At some point someone decided they could do better without the horse. Within ten years no one was riding horses anymore. Wish I could remember the name of the race.
ThurberMingus · 2028 days ago · link ·
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevis_Cup also called the Western States Trail Ride. That article doesn't mention it, but the history section of this article does https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_States_Endurance_Run
ButterflyEffect · 2028 days ago · link ·
Pretty sure it's the Western States Endurance Run.