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Frank Hart rose to fame, popularity and wealth in the 1870 as one of the first African American athletes to break the color barrier as an ultra runner.

Davy Crockett, the host of the\\xa0podcast, "Ultrarunning History"\\xa0joins us to tell us this amazing story of Frank Hart and the early popularity of pedestrianism.

Get the book here. It\'s a great stocking stuffer!

Davy has run over 100 100-mile finishes since starting in 2004. \\xa0He is a race director of the\\xa0Pony Express Trail 50 and 100\\xa0in Utah and was recently named Director of the\\xa0American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame.

You can learn more about Davy and his many works at\\xa0Ultrarunninghistory.com\\xa0

Check out our earlier episode with Davy about the history of EP 556: The History of Ultrarunning

If this episode was interesting to you, you might like the\\xa0episode we did on "Pedestrianism" two years ago.