^ Anaconda (Montana) Standard, April 22, 1928, page 10-B.Pyle's Amazing Foot Race: The True Story of the 1928 Coast-to-Coast Run Across America. Investigations concluded that his time could not have been a true reflection of his performance, and he was dropped by his sponsors. in 2016 to break the crossing record, though stopped part-way. Young subsequently attempted a solo run across the U.S.
The race started in Huntington Beach, California, and took the southern route on both road and trail to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland with a total distance of 3,127 miles (5,032 km). On June 2, 2015, British ultra runner Robert HP Young won the 2015 Race Across USA footrace with a time of 482 hours 10 minutes. Īlso on August 18, 2012, ultrarunner Mike Samuelson of Tennessee completed the same Run Across America on Trail 2012 of 3,303 miles (5,316 km) at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware on a journey that had started May 31, 2012, with four runners. Her trip started May 31, 2012, at Twin Harbors State Park in Washington, and she was on the trail 720 hours 26.7 minutes. On August 18, 2012, ultrarunner Jennifer Bradley became the second British woman to cross America on foot but the first to run across and make it in 80 days during the Run Across America on Trail 2012. On May 20, 2012, ultrarunner John Pyle completed a run from San Francisco to Key West. In 2011 ultrarunner Serge Girard planned a new edition running from Los Angeles to New York starting June 19 and lasting for 70 days. Recent races Ī coast-to-coast race has taken place several times since, including four races organized by Jessie Dale Riley and Michael Kenney from 1992 to 1995. Johnny Salo, who finished in 2nd place in 1928 and in 1st place in 1929, became the fastest person to twice run across the continental United States in consecutive years. It was called the Bunion Derby by newspapers and was also held in 1929. Andy Payne, who won the event in 573 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds. The race took 84 days to run from coast to coast.
Out of the 199 runners who left Los Angeles on March 4, 1928, at 3:30 p.m., only 55 runners finished on May 26, 1928. One of the earliest twentieth century multiday races was the inaugural Trans-American Footrace, which took place in 1928 starting at Legion Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles and finishing in New York City in Madison Square Garden for a distance of 3,423.5 miles (5,509.6 km). Pyle, which each evening transmitted reports along the route of the race. 1928 publicity photograph of KGGM (now KNML), a "portable broadcast station" hired by C.
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