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Davy Crockett
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Davy Crockett writes Ultrarunning History, a personal blog at ultrarunninghistory.com about history. Since 2019, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-06-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this site for the history of ultrarunning and pedestrianism, including Tarahumara running and early 1000-mile attempts. One commenter also points to its podcast as a resource.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A podcast and articles about Ultrarunning History by Davy Crockett. Too many of the pioneers are being forgotten. It is time that they be remembered.
What Hacker News says?
They have been known for this since at least 1867 for their first organized ultramarathon, and then finally attracted the world public in the 20s. http://ultrarunninghistory.com/tarahumara/
Comment linking /tarahumara/
on “A Tarahumara woman won a Mexican ultramarathon in sandals (2017)”Submitted Man vs. Horse – Racing Ultradistances (2018) as a story · 44 points
HN discussionAnyone who wants to learn more about the history of pedestrianism, long-distance walking and latterly ultrarunning should check out Davy Crockett's Ultra Running History website and podcast [1]. He covers George Wilson in a two-part episode about 1,000 mile attempts [2]. [1] - http://ultrarunninghistory.com/ [2] - http://ultrarunninghistory.com/1000-milers-1/
Comment linking /1000-milers-1/
on “George Wilson, The Man Who Walked His Life Away”Submitted Captain Robert Barclay (1779–1854): 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive hours (2019) as a story · 2 points
HN discussion100%. Ann Trason often was first overall in ultras: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Trason . I think it may be that over extremely long endurance events, having more muscle mass goes from being an advantage to a disadvantage. Some more information: https://ultrarunninghistory.com/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-an... .
Comment linking /hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-ann-trason/
on “The Wonders of the Male Human Pelvis”Submitted Yiannis Kouros – Greek Greatness as a story · 2 points
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