Have you ever been daydreaming mid-run and wondered why the distance you are training for is exactly 42.195 kilometres? It ...

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 ...

The story of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, whose remarkable running achievement inspired the modern marathon, has been told many times – but there has been much confusion and contradiction in ...

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 ...

How far is 5K? What is the length of a marathon? We answer the most common questions about the most popular race distances.

Why is a marathon 26.2 miles? The marathon distance stems from the ancient story of Pheidippides, the Greek messenger who is said to have run some 25 miles from Marathon to Athens to deliver the ...

Since Pheidippides in 490 BC ran a distance of 26 miles to Athens to relay the news of a Greek victory over the Persians in the almost 25 centuries since then, the word ‘marathon’ has become a magical ...

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 ...