TIL in the early 1900s, 6-day long bicycle races were quite popular. The winner would be whoever rode the greatest distance in the 6days. They would get extremely little sleep and hallucinate on the track.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-day_racing



Submitted March 19, 2015 at 02:18AM by heartk http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2zidlf/til_in_the_early_1900s_6day_long_bicycle_races/