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Mensen Ernst
Mensen Ernst (1795 – 22 January 1843) was born as Mons Monsen Øyri, in the summer of 1795 in the village of Fresvik along the Sognefjord, in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. He was a road runner and ultramarathonist and one of the first sport professionals and employed as a courier. He made his living running, mainly through placing bets on himself being able to run a certain distance within a period of time. Trips He was reputed to have run about from Paris to Moscow. It took him 14 days starting on 11 June 1832—averaging over a day. On a later trip, from Istanbul to Calcutta and back again, lasting 59 days, he ran per day. On his trips he took very little rest and never slept on a bed. When he did rest it was short naps, between ten and fifteen minutes at a time, and he took them standing or leaning against a tree with a handkerchief over his face.https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87068192/1891-05-21/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_681 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mensen Ernst
Mensen Ernst (1795 – 22 January 1843) was born as Mons Monsen Øyri, in the summer of 1795 in the village of Fresvik along the Sognefjord, in the municipality of Vik in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. He was a road runner and ultramarathonist and one of the first sport professionals and employed as a courier. He made his living running, mainly through placing bets on himself being able to run a certain distance within a period of time. Trips He was reputed to have run about from Paris to Moscow. It took him 14 days starting on 11 June 1832—averaging over a day. On a later trip, from Istanbul to Calcutta and back again, lasting 59 days, he ran per day. On his trips he took very little rest and never slept on a bed. When he did rest it was short naps, between ten and fifteen minutes at a time, and he took them standing or leaning against a tree with a handkerchief over his face.https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87068192/1891-05-21/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_681 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
