Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill The story of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, whose remarkable running ...
When you hear the word “marathon,” it doesn’t refer to a 5K or 10K race. It’s one specific distance: 42.195 kilometers. Why that odd number? The marathon dates ...
Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill.