Dave Day discusses the historical sport of pedestrianism, which became a 19th-century phenomenon
Why did some people choose to push wheelbarrows hundreds of miles during the 19th century?
In this bonus episode accompanying the new HistoryExtra podcast series The Tiger Tamer Who Went to Sea, David Musgrove speaks to Professor Dave Day, professor of sports history at Manchester Metropolitan University, about pedestrianism. A forerunner of modern track and field athletics, the sport captured imaginations and sparked hundreds of endurance challenges on both sides of the Atlantic.