61: The 100-miler: Part 8 (1950-1960) Wally Hayward and Ron Hopcroft
- Author
- Davy Crockett
- Published
- Mon 07 Sep 2020
- Episode Link
- https://ultrarunninghistory.com/100-miler-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=100-miler-8
100-mile attempts mostly ceased across the world during the 1940s due to World War II. By 1946 some isolated 100-mile attempts reemerged, including a walking event in England where seven athletes accomplished the distance in less than 24-hours.
Ultrarunning, at other distances, also came to life again in South Africa when the Comrades Marathon (55 miles) was held again in 1946 and the Pieter Korkie 50 km was established in Germiston. In England, the London to Brighton running race (52 miles) was established in 1951, using the famed road used by walking and biking events for decades earlier. Ultrarunning was reawakening.
