its the distance between two places marathon and another start and finish.
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∙ 2009-02-01 16:32:4226.2 miles
somebody ran along woopdeedoo and said i shall have a run it will be blahblahkm and i shall call it a marathon
A marathon is a fixed distance of 26.2 miles. Any other distance, whether shorter or longer, can not be properly called a marathon.
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.
A marathon is a measure of distance not time.
The driving distance from Marathon, FL to Homestead, FL is 80 miles.
A marathon is 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers).
The Exact Length of a Marathon During the first several modern Olympics, the marathon was always an approximate distance. In 1908, the British royal family requested that the marathon start at the Windsor Castle so that the royal children could witness its start. The distance from the Windsor Castle to the Olympic Stadium was 42,195 meters (or 26 miles and 385 yards). In 1924, this distance became the standardized length of a marathon. Taken from Runner's World http://www.runnersworld.co.za/static/jumpstart.php?js_id=7
A marathon is 26 miles and 385 yards. In kilometers the distance of a marathon is 42.19. The marathon is an Olympic event.
it is 26miles and its 26 miles because thats what a marathon is.
A marathon's distance is 42.195 km which would be 42195meters.
There is no such thing. A marathon is a distance race that is 26.2 miles in length.