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How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time Athletes drank poison, dodged traffic, stole peaches and even hitchhiked during the 24.85-mile race in St. Louis
How the 1904 Marathon Became One of the Weirdest Olympic Events of All Time
Athletes drank poison, dodged traffic, stole peaches and even hitchhiked during the 24.85-mile race in St. Louis
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-1904-marathon-became-one-of-the-weirdest-olympic-events-of-all-time-14910747/?utm_placement=newsletter
Funny - just drove back from The Lou today. (I guess they call it that. Cardinals have it on their uniforms).