Jogging was for freaks

In 1968, Sen. Strom Thurmond was stopped by a police officer for jogging. Back then, jogging was only for athletes and boxers. Ordinary people didn't do it.

The New York Times ran a trend piece in 1968 on the few unusual freaks who went jogging in their free time. The same year, the Chicago Tribune showed the ambitious joggers that would run for an entire mile in the morning, as police became suspicious if they ran after dark.