John Ennis The Celebrated Pedestrian
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On the final day, some of the boisterous crowd broke onto the track to taunt Rowell, the Englishman who led the race. The two remaining American contestants, Ennis and Harriman, immediately informed the audience that they would quit if Rowell's pace was interrupted. They then clasped hands and ran a lap in solidarity with the Englishman, as the crowd roared its approval.
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En 1890 John Ennis invierte 80 días en caminar desde Nueva York a San Francisco
John Ennis was presumably the first man to run across America.
