Today I Found Out

That Time the World's Most Popular Spectator Sport was Walking (2017x220)

Udgivelsesdato: Sep 11, 2017

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check→–a mile at the end of one hour and another at the beginning of the next–and repeated this strategy throughout the race, he would be able to rest in approximately 90 minute intervals throughout the near 42 day long race. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/05/time-emma-sharp-walked-1000-miles-1864-just-prove-woman/ Sources: http://www.npr.org/2014/04/03/297327865/in-the-1870s-and-80s-being-a-pedestrian-was-anything-but http://www.thelizlibrary.org/undelete/woa-spotlight/02-pedestriennes.html https://books.google.com/books?id=ME87AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Australian+Margaret+Douglas,+1000+miles&source=bl&ots=JiT5MTe8NK&sig=7AvZ5XF4qrMQ8WslEgFV9jcfxHw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ_4P63r7MAhUPwGMKHZkCD3AQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=Australian%20Margaret%20Douglas%2C%201000%20miles&f=false http://gillonj.tripod.com/thecelebratedpedestrian/ https://mentalfloss.atavist.com/the-insane-6-day-500-mile-race http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Hipperholme-Including-Exhibition-Highnesses/dp/1230050426/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1462955373&sr=8-1&keywords=Illustrated+Rambles+from+Hipperholme+to+Tong&linkCode=ll1&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkId=13767fd2e202e8f2c1a6b02f5fbd2f1a http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/tahistory/featuresnostalgiapasttimes/4405083.Long_walk_to_put_women_on_the_map/ http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11473854.Great_walk_celebrated/ http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1729412.val_steps_in_ancestors_history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Barclay_Allardice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrianism https://books.google.com/books?id=jfuoCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=anderson+15+minutes+quarter+mile&source=bl&ots=97cVAFmegQ&sig=24aRAl-cCjZoJv6AX_TziAA0BEg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin2Y6x8dHMAhVC-mMKHW3uA0gQ6AEIMDAE#v=onepage&q=anderson%2015%20minutes%20quarter%20mile&f=false Image Credit: https://www.bigstockphoto.com