The Man v. Horse Marathon is a less violent analogue of persistence hunting. Horses are the ones chasing humans over a 22-mile trail, but temperature still plays an important role.

The Man Versus Horse Marathon, which isn’t actually 26.2 miles, pits runners against horses and their riders for 24 miles as they climb 4,683 feet through the town’s paths and trails.

In the 36-year history of the Man vs. Horse Marathon, in the town of Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, a human has beaten the fastest horse only twice. David G. Allan/CNN.

UP AND OVER. Vying man against beast is as old as sport itself. Roman gladiators fought lions. Matadors take on bulls. The American sprinter Jesse Owens once raced a horse over 100m (and won).

Who would win a marathon; a horse or a human? An idiosyncratic race in Wales puts the classic pub-poser to the test on an annual basis. Adventure athlete Tobias Mews investigates ...

Daniel Connelly (Man vs Horse) His victory comes hot off the heels of last year’s winner, Ricky Lightfoot, making Man vs Horse history for a runner to beat the horse in two consecutive years.

Jay Gibson started running marathons 20 years ago. Now, he's one of just a few thousand to run one in every state.

A woman signed her husband up for a marathon with 24 hours notice after he bragged he could complete 26.2 miles without any training. Maisie Todd, 31, put her husband Logan’s name down for the ...

Allowing male runners in women’s races undermines fairness: a biological man could win in every Boston Marathon category — men’s, women’s and non-binary, too.

For only the second time in its history the Man versus Horse marathon has been won by a runner - in fact, two. Another man also beat the first horse home in the race held every June at Llanwrtyd Wells ...

The first man vs horse marathon took place on a rainy day in 1980. On the starting line were 50 runners and eight horses, after Green persuaded a dozen Gurkhas from the local military base to take ...