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re: Biggest moment in running history
Posted on 5/6/17 at 4:57 am to nastytaco4
Posted on 5/6/17 at 4:57 am to nastytaco4
The person whose run to Marathon
(A place name) is memorialized and celebrated in the distance of 26.2 miles dropped dead after reporting.
Do not try at home.
(A place name) is memorialized and celebrated in the distance of 26.2 miles dropped dead after reporting.
Do not try at home.
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Posted on 5/6/17 at 8:51 am to CelticDog
Pheidippides and the true distance of a marathon was (40km)24.85 miles. The 26.2 wasn't decided until 1921. Early marathon distances varied. The added distance from 40km was from the 1908 Olympic finish. It started at Windsor castle and finished in front of the royal court at the stadium. I'm not sure why they decided on that specific distance 13 years later over the 40km distance though.
Posted on 5/6/17 at 10:42 am to CelticDog
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dropped dead after reporting.
So the legend goes, although it's thought that part is invented to romanticize the story.
Fact was, runners of the time regularly ran that far and more. And Nike back then was a god, not a shoe - their footwear wasn't that great.
He supposedly ran from Marathon to Sparta to request help, a distance of about 140 miles, in two days. He then ran about 25 miles from the battlefield to Athens.
A bit more than 26.2 miles ...
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