1800-1850. Event spotlight: The Crick Run (1838) and the Barby Hill Run (1837)
1850-1870. Event spotlight: The Thames Handicap Steeplechase Number 1 (December 7, 1867)
The 1870s. Event spotlight: The First English National Cross-Country Championship (November 18, 1876)
The 1880s. Event spotlight: The First Amateur Individual Cross-Country Championship in America (November 6, 1883)
The 1890s. Event spotlight: The First International Cross-Country Meeting- Cross des Nations (March 20, 1898)
The 1900s. Event spotlight: The Inaugural Holding of the International Cross-Country Championship (March 28, 1903) ; Cultural spotlight: The Olympic Movement
The 1910s. Event spotlight: Hannes Kolehmainen and the First Cross-Country Event at the Stockholm Olympics (July 15, 1912)
The 1920s. Event spotlight: Cornell University versus Oxford/Cambridge Team in England (December 30, 1920) ; Cultural spotlight: Women in Cross-Country Running
The 1930s. Event spotlight: The 1935 English Cross-Country National- Belgrave versus Birchfield (March 9, 1935)
The 1940s. Event spotlight: The 1940 Junior International Cross-Country Championship (March 24, 1940)
The 1950s. Event spotlight: Zatopek, Kuts, and Chromik in the Cross de L'Humanite (March 19, 1954)
The 1960s. Event spotlight: Lindgren, Pre, and the First Pac-8 Cross-Country Championship (November 14, 1969)
The 1970s. Event spotlight: Irish Involvement in the First IAAF World Cross-Country Championships (March 17, 1973) ; Cultural spotlight: Kit, equipment, and technology
The 1980s. Event spotlight: Every Nation has its Hero- the 1983 World Cross-Country Championships (March 20, 1983)
The 1990s. Event spotlight: Jennings, McKiernan, and Dias at World Cross (March 21, 1992)
The 2000s. Event spotlight: One Point Away- the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Cross-Country National Championship (November 19, 2001)
The 2010s. Event spotlight: The Miracle in the Mud- the United States and Kenya at World Cross (March 24, 2013).