Pedestrians used to be America’s sports stars — complete with endorsements and doping scandals

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By hrichmondApr 7, 2014, 9:27 am38 pts
Rather than wearing skintight pants and jogging around a silly diamond, athletes in the 1870s would walk hundreds of miles as a nail-biting, bet-placing American public looked on. That’s right: Pedestrians were the original sports heroes. That’s the subject of the new book Pedestrianism: When Watching…

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Pedestrians used to be America’s sports stars — complete with endorsements and doping scandals

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