Brain Junk

Hold onto your top hats, we're striding into the historical world of competitive race walking! Can you even imagine walking 1000 miles in 1000 hours (FYI 1000 hours is nearly 42 days)Image: Emma SharpShow Notes:BBC: The strange 19th century sport that was cooler than footballWikipedia: Foster PowellNational Galleries of Scotland: Captain Robert Barclay-AllardyceUltrarunninghistory.com: The Barclay MatchOld Weird Scotland: The Celebrated PedestrianAtlas Obscura: How competitive walking captivated Georgian EnglandWiki: Emma Sharp and her very fancy walking suitAda AndersonThe Pedestriannes: America's Forgotten SuperstarsWikipedia: PedestrianismEdward Payson WestonUltrarunning history: The first Astley beltFirst Women's six day footraceSmithsonian: The terrible 1904 Olympic marathonTranscript[00:00:03] Speaker A: Welcome to Brain Junk. I'm Trace Kerr.[00:00:05] Speaker B: And I'm Amy Barton. And today we are going to talk about the exciting world of competitive walking.[00:00:18] Speaker A: Okay, so you said ped