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December 5, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Japan 1948 sports set very rare Running Bases ball cycling cycling (letter Japanese Japan)
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October 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Japan 1948 sports set very rare Running Bases ball cycling cycling (letter Japanese Japan)
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🏃🏻♂️Running History fact of the day🏃♀️
In 1954: Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile with a 3:59.4 finish at Iffley Road, Oxford! 🏆
#RunningHistory 🕒 #4MinuteMile 🚀 #LegendaryRun 🎽 #BlueskyRunning 🌤️
In 1954: Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile with a 3:59.4 finish at Iffley Road, Oxford! 🏆
#RunningHistory 🕒 #4MinuteMile 🚀 #LegendaryRun 🎽 #BlueskyRunning 🌤️
December 9, 2024 at 12:13 PM
🏃🏻♂️Running History fact of the day🏃♀️
In 1954: Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile with a 3:59.4 finish at Iffley Road, Oxford! 🏆
#RunningHistory 🕒 #4MinuteMile 🚀 #LegendaryRun 🎽 #BlueskyRunning 🌤️
In 1954: Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile with a 3:59.4 finish at Iffley Road, Oxford! 🏆
#RunningHistory 🕒 #4MinuteMile 🚀 #LegendaryRun 🎽 #BlueskyRunning 🌤️
Keino’s achievements laid the foundation for the dominance of Kenyan runners in marathons and distance races, with athletes like Eliud Kipchoge breaking world records today. 🏃♂️🌍
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#RunningHistory #KenyanRunners #OlympicGold #Endurance #RunForGlory
December 21, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Keino’s achievements laid the foundation for the dominance of Kenyan runners in marathons and distance races, with athletes like Eliud Kipchoge breaking world records today. 🏃♂️🌍
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#RunningHistory #KenyanRunners #OlympicGold #Endurance #RunForGlory
His heroic run inspired the modern marathon we know today! 🏅
From ancient warriors to today’s runners, running has always been a symbol of endurance and triumph.
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#RunningHistory #MarathonFacts #EnduranceThroughTime #FromPastToPresent #RunLikeAHero
From ancient warriors to today’s runners, running has always been a symbol of endurance and triumph.
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#RunningHistory #MarathonFacts #EnduranceThroughTime #FromPastToPresent #RunLikeAHero
December 22, 2024 at 8:00 PM
His heroic run inspired the modern marathon we know today! 🏅
From ancient warriors to today’s runners, running has always been a symbol of endurance and triumph.
(Photo is just an old photo of a runner)
#RunningHistory #MarathonFacts #EnduranceThroughTime #FromPastToPresent #RunLikeAHero
From ancient warriors to today’s runners, running has always been a symbol of endurance and triumph.
(Photo is just an old photo of a runner)
#RunningHistory #MarathonFacts #EnduranceThroughTime #FromPastToPresent #RunLikeAHero
The Birth of the Running Shoe 👟
In 1892, Albert T. O’Higgins created the first modern running shoe with a rubber sole, designed for better grip and comfort. Before this, athletes ran in basic leather shoes, which didn’t offer much support.
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In 1892, Albert T. O’Higgins created the first modern running shoe with a rubber sole, designed for better grip and comfort. Before this, athletes ran in basic leather shoes, which didn’t offer much support.
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December 23, 2024 at 8:00 PM
The Birth of the Running Shoe 👟
In 1892, Albert T. O’Higgins created the first modern running shoe with a rubber sole, designed for better grip and comfort. Before this, athletes ran in basic leather shoes, which didn’t offer much support.
#running #history #runninghistory
In 1892, Albert T. O’Higgins created the first modern running shoe with a rubber sole, designed for better grip and comfort. Before this, athletes ran in basic leather shoes, which didn’t offer much support.
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Everyone remembers Spiridon Louis crossing the line in 1896. Almost no one remembers that the marathon existed at all because of a century of poets, doctors, and promoters who spent decades reviving the ancient Games first. The lone hero is the part we kept.
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The Spiridon Louis Victory at the 1896 Olympic Marathon — The Finish Line
The 1896 Olympic marathon's success was built on the shoulders of an entire century of athletes, poets, doctors, and entrepreneurs who helped revive the ancient Games and pave the way for the sport's modern revival.
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September 28, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Everyone remembers Spiridon Louis crossing the line in 1896. Almost no one remembers that the marathon existed at all because of a century of poets, doctors, and promoters who spent decades reviving the ancient Games first. The lone hero is the part we kept.
#RunningHistory #Running #TheLongRun
#RunningHistory #Running #TheLongRun
The same governing bodies that once swore women's bodies couldn't survive a marathon later reached for chromosome tests to decide who counted as a woman at all. The instrument changed. The gatekeeping didn't. #RunningHistory #WomensRunning #Marathon #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Women's Fight to Run Distance — The Finish Line
The Finish Line series unwraps a century-old fight over women's eligibility in sports, tracing disputes on rules and bodies through five key chapters that reveal how governing bodies wield medical instruments to decide who competes. From marathon collapses to chromosome tests, the story rhymes with
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June 30, 2026 at 9:24 PM
The same governing bodies that once swore women's bodies couldn't survive a marathon later reached for chromosome tests to decide who counted as a woman at all. The instrument changed. The gatekeeping didn't. #RunningHistory #WomensRunning #Marathon #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
The 1896 marathon wasn't really an athletic contest by the time Spiridon Louis reached the Panathenaic Stadium — it had turned into national theatre. The finish was staged as spectacle, not sport.
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#RunningHistory #Marathon #Olympics #Running #TheLongRun
The Spiridon Louis Victory at the 1896 Olympic Marathon — The Home Straight in the Panathenaic Stadium
The first Olympic marathon in 1896 was a moment of national theatre, where athletic contest gave way to spectacle, as Spiridon Louis crossed the finish line in the reconstructed Panathenaic Stadium.
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September 27, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The 1896 marathon wasn't really an athletic contest by the time Spiridon Louis reached the Panathenaic Stadium — it had turned into national theatre. The finish was staged as spectacle, not sport.
#RunningHistory #Marathon #Olympics #Running #TheLongRun
#RunningHistory #Marathon #Olympics #Running #TheLongRun
Six weeks before the 1964 marathon, Abebe Bikila had his appendix removed. He won Tokyo anyway — by over four minutes, in a world best. The man who'd run Rome barefoot defended his title forty days after surgery. #Running #Marathon #RunningHistory #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Abebe Bikila — Forty Days After the Scalpel
Abebe Bikila, the soldier who ran barefoot in Rome, defended his title with a record-breaking performance five weeks after abdominal surgery.
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June 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Six weeks before the 1964 marathon, Abebe Bikila had his appendix removed. He won Tokyo anyway — by over four minutes, in a world best. The man who'd run Rome barefoot defended his title forty days after surgery. #Running #Marathon #RunningHistory #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Snell won Olympic gold at 800 meters — a two-minute event — by running 100 miles a week. Lydiard's bet was that endurance, not speed, built champion milers. Half a century on, it's still an argument.
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#Running #RunningHistory #Lydiard #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
The Lydiard Method — An Introduction
In 1960, New Zealand's Arthur Lydiard trained two Olympic gold medalists, Peter Snell and Murray Halberg, using his unorthodox "100 miles a week" method that prioritized building an aerobic base over raw speed.
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June 11, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Snell won Olympic gold at 800 meters — a two-minute event — by running 100 miles a week. Lydiard's bet was that endurance, not speed, built champion milers. Half a century on, it's still an argument.
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#Running #RunningHistory #Lydiard #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Everyone credits Maffetone with the "180 Formula," but the aerobic-first logic underneath it wasn't his invention — it traces back to earlier coaches and physiologists he's rarely mentioned alongside. The idea was old before it got his name on it.
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#Running #RunningHistory #MAF #TheLongRun
Maffetone Method (MAF Heart-Rate Training) — The Finish Line
Maffetone's training method, built on decades-old ideas, is examined and contrasted with the ideas of several influential coaches and physiologists, revealing the depth of the "aerobic-first" logic. The 180 Formula, a cornerstone of Maffetone's training, is found to be rooted in earlier work.
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September 24, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Everyone credits Maffetone with the "180 Formula," but the aerobic-first logic underneath it wasn't his invention — it traces back to earlier coaches and physiologists he's rarely mentioned alongside. The idea was old before it got his name on it.
#Running #RunningHistory #MAF #TheLongRun
#Running #RunningHistory #MAF #TheLongRun
The Western States 100 wasn't founded as a footrace at all. In 1974 Gordy Ainsleigh's horse came up lame, so he started the Tevis Cup endurance ride on foot — and finished 100 miles under the 24-hour horse cutoff. The sport followed. #Ultrarunning #RunningHistory #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Western States 100 — An Introduction
Gordy Ainsleigh's bold decision to run the Tevis Cup on foot in 1974 sparked a movement that would shape ultrarunning forever, leading to the creation of the Western States Endurance Run.
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June 8, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The Western States 100 wasn't founded as a footrace at all. In 1974 Gordy Ainsleigh's horse came up lame, so he started the Tevis Cup endurance ride on foot — and finished 100 miles under the 24-hour horse cutoff. The sport followed. #Ultrarunning #RunningHistory #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
The whole method rests on a heart-rate ceiling most runners find embarrassingly slow: 180 minus your age. The counterintuitive part is the claim that running that gently, for months, is what eventually makes you fast. #Running #Triathlon #RunningScience #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Maffetone Method (MAF Heart-Rate Training) — An Introduction
A triathlete's journey to success relies on a simple yet unorthodox method: training at a specific heart rate ceiling.
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September 22, 2026 at 9:21 AM
The whole method rests on a heart-rate ceiling most runners find embarrassingly slow: 180 minus your age. The counterintuitive part is the claim that running that gently, for months, is what eventually makes you fast. #Running #Triathlon #RunningScience #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
New episode: the Maffetone Method. Mark Allen lost Kona five times, then a heart-rate ceiling and "slow enough to hold a conversation" pace made him a six-time world champ. We dig into the 180-formula and why slowing down for years is the point. Listen now. #running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Maffetone Method (MAF Heart-Rate Training) — The Long Run
Every runner's guide to Maffetone eventually tells the Mark Allen story: five losses in Kona, one heart-rate monitor, and a first-place finish in 1989. It's a great story. It's also incomplete.
In this episode we get past the legend and into the method itself. The core of it is a number—your maximu
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September 24, 2026 at 7:21 AM
New episode: the Maffetone Method. Mark Allen lost Kona five times, then a heart-rate ceiling and "slow enough to hold a conversation" pace made him a six-time world champ. We dig into the 180-formula and why slowing down for years is the point. Listen now. #running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
"20 minutes at threshold pace" is the tempo run everyone repeats. But dig into the physiology and the pace most runners actually hold rarely sits at the lactate threshold it's named for. The label outran the science. #Running #RunningScience #TempoRun #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Tempo Runs — The Lactate Threshold Misnomer
Coaches have repeated the mantra of a tempo run being 20 minutes of steady running at threshold pace, but does this tempo pace actually hit the physiological line it claims to hit?
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September 21, 2026 at 2:18 AM
"20 minutes at threshold pace" is the tempo run everyone repeats. But dig into the physiology and the pace most runners actually hold rarely sits at the lactate threshold it's named for. The label outran the science. #Running #RunningScience #TempoRun #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
A French scholar floated an idea: a footrace from Marathon to Athens, honoring a courier from antiquity. It took a Greek committee — a crown prince, a businessman, and a freshly scouted road — to turn that idea into a real starting line. #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
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June 2, 2026 at 9:12 AM
A French scholar floated an idea: a footrace from Marathon to Athens, honoring a courier from antiquity. It took a Greek committee — a crown prince, a businessman, and a freshly scouted road — to turn that idea into a real starting line. #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Before the 1970s "running boom," there was pedestrianism: in 1879 Charles Rowell walked and ran 500 miles around a sawdust track inside Madison Square Garden over six days, won $5,000, and drew packed crowds. The boom had a boom. #RunningHistory #Pedestrianism #R #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
The First Running Boom — Pedestrianism and the Boom Before the Boom
Charles Rowell won the Astley Belt and $5,000 in 1879 by walking and running 500 miles around a sawdust track inside Madison Square Garden over six days. The event showcased the sport of pedestrianism's popularity before the modern "running boom" of the 1970s.
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June 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Before the 1970s "running boom," there was pedestrianism: in 1879 Charles Rowell walked and ran 500 miles around a sawdust track inside Madison Square Garden over six days, won $5,000, and drew packed crowds. The boom had a boom. #RunningHistory #Pedestrianism #R #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Iten's edge isn't lone genius or thin air — it's a group system, runners sharpening each other on dirt roads. Even David Rudisha, an 800m man, learned to race out there, not on a track. #Running #RunningHistory #Kenya #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
The Kenyan / Iten Camps — An Introduction
David Rudisha learned to race on roads in Iten, Kenya, where a group training system has produced countless world and Olympic champions.
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June 25, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Iten's edge isn't lone genius or thin air — it's a group system, runners sharpening each other on dirt roads. Even David Rudisha, an 800m man, learned to race out there, not on a track. #Running #RunningHistory #Kenya #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
The tempo run has no single inventor, and half of what people think it trains it doesn't. The thread runs from Hill and Lupton's lactate work to Iglói's "fresh swing" and Lydiard's steady-state — three different ideas wearing one name. #Running #RunningHistory #Tempo #TheLongRun
Tempo Runs — The Finish Line
A series of workouts and coaches who laid the foundation for the tempo run, challenging common misconceptions about what the method actually trains. From A.V. Hill and Hartley Lupton's early work on oxygen and lactate to Mihály Iglói's "fresh swing" and Arthur Lydiard's steady-state run, this is whe
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September 22, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The tempo run has no single inventor, and half of what people think it trains it doesn't. The thread runs from Hill and Lupton's lactate work to Iglói's "fresh swing" and Lydiard's steady-state — three different ideas wearing one name. #Running #RunningHistory #Tempo #TheLongRun
Mark Allen won six Ironman titles on it, but the MAF formula's famous "180 minus your age" has no lab validation behind it. Maffetone never published where the 180 came from. A cornerstone of aerobic training rests on a number nobody can source.
#Running #Triathlon #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
#Running #Triathlon #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Maffetone Method (MAF Heart-Rate Training) — The 180 Formula and Its Arbitrary Number
Mark Allen's training method, MAF, uses a 180-minus-age maximum aerobic heart rate formula, but its origins are unclear, and its effectiveness is largely anecdotal, with no validated lab tests.
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September 23, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Mark Allen won six Ironman titles on it, but the MAF formula's famous "180 minus your age" has no lab validation behind it. Maffetone never published where the 180 came from. A cornerstone of aerobic training rests on a number nobody can source.
#Running #Triathlon #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
#Running #Triathlon #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
The first marathoner, Pheidippides, ran ~40km to deliver one word — victory — then dropped. We took the name for a reason. The story 👇 https://pheidi.training/articles/pheidippides-and-the-first-marathon/ #marathon #running #runninghistory
June 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The first marathoner, Pheidippides, ran ~40km to deliver one word — victory — then dropped. We took the name for a reason. The story 👇 https://pheidi.training/articles/pheidippides-and-the-first-marathon/ #marathon #running #runninghistory
Before baseball owned America, the biggest ticketed sport was men walking in circles for six days—500-plus miles, no Sundays allowed, until they hallucinated and dropped. The betting money was enormous. #RunningHistory #Ultramarathon #Pedestrianism #Running #TheLongRun
Pedestrianism: The Victorian Ultra-Racing Craze — The Six-Day Grind and the Body That Broke
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July 4, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Before baseball owned America, the biggest ticketed sport was men walking in circles for six days—500-plus miles, no Sundays allowed, until they hallucinated and dropped. The betting money was enormous. #RunningHistory #Ultramarathon #Pedestrianism #Running #TheLongRun
Zátopek lined up for the 1952 Olympic marathon having never raced the distance in his life. He won it. Reportedly asked a rival mid-race whether their pace was good enough, then dropped him when the answer was yes. #Running #Marathon #RunningHistory #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Emil Zátopek — A Marathon He Had Never Run
Zátopek won the Olympic marathon in 2:23:03.2, an unprecedented feat that showcased his tactical fearlessness and ability to improvise under pressure.
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June 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Zátopek lined up for the 1952 Olympic marathon having never raced the distance in his life. He won it. Reportedly asked a rival mid-race whether their pace was good enough, then dropped him when the answer was yes. #Running #Marathon #RunningHistory #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
Boston ran for 27 years before it was actually a marathon. From 1897 to 1924 the course was about 24.5 miles — the modern 26.2 only arrived to match the new Olympic standard. The oldest annual marathon spent a quarter of its early life at the wrong distance.
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#Ru #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
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June 20, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Boston ran for 27 years before it was actually a marathon. From 1897 to 1924 the course was about 24.5 miles — the modern 26.2 only arrived to match the new Olympic standard. The oldest annual marathon spent a quarter of its early life at the wrong distance.
#Ru #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun
#Ru #Running #RunningHistory #TheLongRun