Well, the big thing is, is in the late 1800s, they didn't have football, they didn't have

baseball as we know it.

In fact, in around 1880, the biggest spectator sport in America was watching these crazy

ultra runners go around tracks in these arenas.

That was big time to bring in thousands of spectators, you know, 10,000 people watching

because their hope, as they would watch, is they wanted to see these guys go bonkers.

Welcome to the trailhead of trailred nation, where we go on virtual trail runs with interesting

guests and boy do we have one today, he's going to tell us something, some great stories

and it'll help us become better runners and hopefully better human beings.

This is your first time listening, we're glad that you're here, we're welcome you here

and you should feel welcome because you're going to go on a fun run today.

We're going to talk to Davey Crockett, he has his own podcasts, you guys need to listen

and we talk about the history of all the running, no, the entire history word came from what

it's about and where it's going, it's going to be a great listen.

February 1st is coming up and you know what that means for me Scott, I'm a little bit nervous.

I don't know what is February 1st, I want to get my blood drawn by inside tracker and they're

going to give me a plan on how to make myself a better runner. You've already done it.

Let me tell you Don, this is the easiest thing, they come straight to your home or to your work,

they draw the blood, they do the mailing to do everything for you except draw the blood themselves.

They're actually using your arm to pull blood out of your body and here's the thing that I was

not prepared for compared to just getting a blood test and seeing all the things on there

looking at it once and then you throw it in the garbage and you say, yeah, I probably need to do

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