When Walking Was Illegal: The Bizarre History of Pedestrianism
Lindsay and Madison discuss the hilarious history of pedestrianism, as well as how you can gamble on literally anything, that sports doxing has been around a lot longer than we thought, and how competitive walking brought together all “walks” of life.
Information pulled from the following sources:
- 2021 BBC Sports article by Zaria Gorvett
- 2017 Atlas Obscura article by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
- 2016 Atlas Obscura article by Jessie Guy-Ryan
- 2014 MPR News article by NPR Staff
- 2014 Ravishly article by Jane Jones
- Wikipedia (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
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