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Dave Day discusses the historical sport of pedestrianism, which became a 19th-century phenomenon <\/p>

By Dr David Musgrove\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 22 February 2024 at 09:27 AM<\/p>

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Why did some people choose to push wheelbarrows hundreds of miles during the 19th century?<\/p>\n

In this bonus episode accompanying the new HistoryExtra <\/em>podcast series The Tiger Tamer Who Went to Sea<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n