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Running events aren’t modern creations. That, of course, isn’t surprising since us humans have been able to run since, well, humans were invented. After all, running is as natural to us as talking, walking, eating, drinking, and dropping “bombs” in everyone’s favorite chair (the crapper, for those who didn’t catch on right away). And because of that, it didn’t take that long before people thought of besting each other at it. Athletes have been participating in Distance Running Events long before Usain Bolt was obliterating his competition. In fact, the first recorded distance running events were held as early as

The History of Distance Running
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