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Where did the marathon of the Olympics come from?

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∙ 2009-04-03 13:47:44

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The word marathon comes from Greece. After a war a man ran the 26 odd miles to deliver the message that they had won a war, he uttered the message and then collapsed and then died. In memory of this man a marathon is run the exact distance he ran.

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