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Friday, October 12, 2007

What is the origin of the Marathon race?

The Marathon is a long, grueling race which traditionally closes the Olympic events. It is taken from the amazing achievement of the Greek runner Pheidippides, who ran over twenty-six miles in for hours, taking news to Athens of the Persians’ defeat at the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.

1 comments:

Unknown October 15, 2008 at 4:54 PM  

"in over for (sic) hours"?

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