Aside from the Japanese monks this completely leaves out non-western runners, which is kind of silly considering that they were the ones doing almost all of the ultrarunning until the last 30 years. It’s only been the last generation of elite ultrarunners who have even begun to compete with the level of running that the Masai, San, Hopi, Iroquois, Tarahumara, or Inca maintained in their daily lives.
Pretty interesting that Western States and Gordy are not on this list.
Aside from the Japanese monks this completely leaves out non-western runners, which is kind of silly considering that they were the ones doing almost all of the ultrarunning until the last 30 years. It’s only been the last generation of elite ultrarunners who have even begun to compete with the level of running that the Masai, San, Hopi, Iroquois, Tarahumara, or Inca maintained in their daily lives.
Great post, lots of interesting details though the Bunion Derbies took place in 1928/29 not 1964.