Ultrarunning History

About Ultrarunning History

Podcast about the history of ultrarunning. An ultramarathon is a running race of 50K (31 miles) or more, up to 3,100 miles. This extreme running sport came into existence during the late 1800s.

Publisher

Davy Crockett

Category

history · sports · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jul 2018

Latest episode

1 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

179 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Jun 2025

   178: Grand Canyon Short Stories – Part Two

   The host shares historical short stories about hiking and ultrarunning in the Grand Canyon, offering listeners a glimpse into the canyon's rich past.

2. 

   16 May 2025

   177: Grand Canyon History Short Stories – Part One

   This weekend (mid May each year) the North Rim of the Grand Canyon opened for the season. Thousands of hikers and ultrarunners make their pilgrimage to the canyon to hike or run across this amazing wonder of the world. I have been producing short videos for the new Grand Canyon History YouTube channel. I thought it would be interesting to also publish these as a podcast episode for you to listen to. The video versions of these shorts of course have many historic pictures to see. Please subscribe to that channel. Some of these shorts come from my best-selling book, Grand Canyon Rim to Rim History. You can get my book on Amazon.

3. 

   4 May 2025

   176: Trail Runner Nation Interview about Old Sport Campana

   For this episode of the Ultrarunning History Podcast, I included an edited down interview I did with the excellent Trail Runner Nation Podcast. We discussed my new book, Old Sport Campana: Ultrarunning’s Most Popular and Amusing 19th Century Runner. Thanks to Scott and Don for having me on. To listen to the full interview, visit their podcast at trailrunnernation.com episode 726 entitled, "Ultrarunning's Past was Wilder than you Think."

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

5,483,972

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

87 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

32 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

95

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Guest appearances

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