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kleinbl00  ·  2035 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Friday Fun (Fake?) Facts

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.