Ku dhammaystir weedha soo socota: 1978 waxay ahayd sanad muhiim u ah "ciyaaraha hiwaayadda" guud ahaan iyo wadada wadada si gaar ah. Sanadihii la soo dhaafay, ciyaartoydu waxay ka soo horjeedeen xaddidaadda dhaqaale ee xaaladdooda hiwaayadda. Waxay rabeen in ay si cad u qaataan lacagta abaalmarinta. Ciyaaraha Olombikada ee 1972 ka dib, ciyaartooy badan oo heer sare ah ayaa abuuray oo ku tartamay Ururka Xirfadaha Caalamiga ah ee Xirfadaha, taas oo sababtay inay lumiyaan u-qalmitaanka Olombikada. Isla mar ahaantaana, malaayiin Mareykan ah ayaa aad ugu riyaaqay Frank Shorter
1972 guushii Olombikada Marathon-ka iyo waxay bilaabeen inay ordaan tartamada waddooyinka, dhacdo loo yaqaano "Running Boom". Sanadkii 1978, kacdoonka ciyaartooyda ayaa horseeday Sharciga Ciyaaraha Hiwaayadda ee 1978, oo jabiyay qaanuunka Ururka Ciyaaraha Hiwaayadda ee ururinta isboortiga ee ay xukumayeen iyo guddiga maamulka bedelka ee Athletics Congress, maadaama wakiillada gudaha ee danaha IAAF iyo IOC ay ka horyimaadeen siyaabo loo furo albaabka xirfadda ka dhanka ah mowjadaha danaha ganacsiga ee doonayay inay ka faa'iideystaan caannimada isboortiga. Wadada orodka, urur cusub oo loo yaqaan "Ururka Ciyaartoyda Wadada Wadada" (oo loo yaqaan ARRA) ayaa loo sameeyay si loo abuuro waddo tartan waddo oo xirfad leh. Waxaa ka mid ah 6da tartan ee wareegga waxaa ka mid ahaa Lasse Viren Finnish Invitational, oo bixiya $ 30,000 abaalmarin lacageed.