Frank Hart of Boston, broke through racial barriers during 1880 when he set a new world record running 565 miles in six days in Madison Square Garden

Frank Hart was the first black running superstar in history. In a sense, he was the Jackie Robinson of the sport of ultrarunning in the 19th century.

The stranger things that occurred related to the sport of ultrarunning/pedestrianism in the 19th century were a collection of surprises and tragedies

George Noremac (1852-1922) was the most prolific six-day ultrarunner in history, competing in about 80 races. His wife was murdered by this trainer in 1883

Dan Brannen has made a lifetime contribution to ultrarunning. He co-founded the International Association of Ultrarunning, establishing world championships.

During the 1800s, many ultrarunners were not the most outstanding citizens and had run-ins with the law and were arrested for theft, drunkenness, abuse, and running on Sundays

Pam Reed is an ultrarunning hall-of-famer who was a two-time Badwater 135 outright winner, an American record holder, and famous for her 300-mile continuous run

Richard Lacouse was a famous ultrarunner/pedestrian from Boston during the late 19th century who amassed a fortune in winnings, and became a scoundrel

Ultrarunning (pedestrianism) in the 1880s, with millions of dollars of wagering, experienced corruption in the form of match fixing involving bribes to runner

Frequent love scandals took place in 19th century ultrarunning/pedestrianism which made for popular gossipy news stories. Bigamy and wife stealing took place