Trans-American Footrace

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).

In 2011 ultrarunner Serge Girard planned a new edition running from Los Angeles to New York starting June 19 and lasting for 70 days.

[6] Also on August 18, 2012, ultrarunner Mike Samuelson[7] 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.

[6] On June 2, 2015, British ultra runner Robert HP Young[8] won the 2015 Race Across USA footrace with a time of 482 hours 10 minutes.

[9] 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).

1928 publicity photograph of KGGM (now KNML ), a "portable broadcast station" hired by C. C. Pyle, which each evening transmitted reports along the route of the race. [ 1 ]