Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill.

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 ...

Every year, roughly 1.1 million people complete a marathon—26.2 miles of uninterrupted running. Those finishers represent 0.01% of the world’s population. The history of the marathon dates ...

Phil Hil As with the Greek messenger Pheidippides, who legend has it brought us the concept of the marathon, this type of running event has its origins in Japanese couriers of the 17 th to 19 th ...

Some of advanced age achieve a certain notoriety in achieving an ambition beyond what might be reasonably expected. But they ...

In 490 BC the first unofficial ‘marathon’ took place – the legendary run of Pheidippides. It’s believed that a Greek soldier ran approximately 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news of a ...

Did you know? The origin of the marathon lies in Greece! The history of the Marathon began 490 years before Christ, when the running messenger Pheidippides ran from Athens to Sparta in two days to ...