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In the 1920s amateur athletes represented the purity of the sport,
and the Olympic games exemplified this spirit.
The runners who entered the Transcontinental Foot Race had little
concern for their amateur standing, considering the chance to win
$25,000 worth the loss. The runners ranged in age from 16 to 63
and came from all over the world.
Some of the runners left jobs to run the race; others ran just to
be able to say they did, but for the most part the runners were
men who had nothing to lose. The runners' biographies featured here
were taken directly from the original foot race program.
* denotes a featured runner
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