Ultra History

Edward Gardner and Frank Hart - African American Ultrarunners

Al Howie - Looking back Al Howie’s thick mustache and Scots brogue remain intact. He’s still lean and sinewy, not far off the 135 pounds he weighed in his prime 15 years ago, when he was the greatest ultramarathoner on Earth……….More

Women of Achievement In the nineteenth century hundreds of women performed professional feats of strength and endurance. Endurance walkers and runners known as pedestriennes were particularly newsworthy, gaining metropolitan newspaper coverage in Britain and North America from the mid-1870s to the late 1880s…..More

History of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team he Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team was formed in the fall of 1977 by members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre, who were students of the Indian meditation master, author, poet and philosopher Sri Chinmoy. The athletic looking teacher had been a champion decathlete, sprinter ,soccer player and volleyball coach at the spiritual community where he lived for 20 years….More

History of the 24hr Man has been running since before recorded history began to see how far he could run in the cycle of the sun, or from ’sun’ to ’sun’ as it was called…..More

History of the London to Brighton This history of the historic London to Brighton Race was published originally by the Road Runners Club of Britain and has been updated for Ultramarathon World by Andy Milroy, international ultra statistician, and the Road Runners Club, and Ian Champion, Race Director for the Brighton and its historian…..More

Australian Ultra History

Old Time Walk and Run As I sit here at the first annual Bethlehem Six Day Extravaganza, I am amazed at the desire and energy these men and women have after five days of constant running. I would consider myself a good athlete, yet I would never be able to run such a long distance for six days straight…..More

More Australian Ultra History

Articles by Andy Milroy

Exilda La Chapelle - A Woman of Achievement

Female Pedestrians

Harpers weekly Cartoon and Story The placement of Thomas Nast’s full-page cartoon on the cover of Harper’s Weekly (at a time when no newspaper had a sports page) is indicative of the tremendous popularity of marathon walking and running, which was then at its peak…..More

Ted Corbitt Generally regarded as “the father of American Ultrarunning,” Ted Corbitt was born in 1920. He was a sub-49 second quarter-miler at the University of Cincinnati, and began training for marathons in 1950…..More