This Day in Track & Field, February 22, James Saunders wins NYC 24 hour race (1882), Browning Ross organizes meeting to launch RRCA (1958), A Crazy US Indoor (2014)by Walt Murphy
This Day in Track & Field–February 22 1882 – With 120 miles, James Saunders wins NYC’s 24 hour race & $100 prize http://planetultramarathon.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/the-history-of-the-6-day-race/ 1911—The 4th edition of the Millrose Games was held in front of 5,000 spectators at the Thirteenth Regiment Armory in Brooklyn,NY (on a Wednesday). The NYAC’s Harry Gissing was the winner of the 1000-yards, […]