The marathon is named after the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens.
The legend states that he was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming We have won, before collapsing and dying.
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It's not a book, its a short story by Herman Charles Bosman.
he was inspierd by how people could die so he ranfor them
The battle has no importance today. It is an interesting historical story.
A full marathon is the 26.2 miles that you run for example the London marathon is a full marathon
In 490BC, the Persian army was invading Greece. The Athenian army defeated the Persian army at the plains of Marathon, and the messenger Pheiddipides ran into Athens to announce the Athenian victory - and then died. The distance from Marathon to Athens was 26 miles, 385 yards, and the foot race called a "marathon" is run to commemorate the messenger and the battle.
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I would say Marathon, a Doom style game that was made at an early age, it was an FPS, with a great story and decent gameplay, Marathon is free for MAC and PC, so check it out if you want to judge it yourself.
There are 26.2 miles in a full marathon, thus there are 13.1 miles in a half marathon. No odd calculations... a half marathon is a half marathon.
The address of the Marathon Branch is: 515 Washington Street, Marathon, 54448 0245
No word for it. A Swahili speaker would simply say "marathon.": Nimeshindania marathon, I competed in a marathon.