During the Battle of Marathon in Athens Greece, an Athenian messenger boy called Pheidippides ran 26 miles to announce to the rest of Athens the victory they achieved. The Athenians defeated a larger Persian force at the location of Marathon. At the end of the messenger Pheidippides run he dropped dead from exhaustion. Today these long runs called "Marathons" held at places like New York include a distance of 26 miles.
if you are refering to the music city marathon, it is 26.2 miles, the same as any other marathon. the marathon was yesterday and it was mostly fantastic, despite unseasonably hot weather conditions. if you are refering to the music city marathon, it is 26.2 miles, the same as any other marathon. the marathon was yesterday and it was mostly fantastic, despite unseasonably hot weather conditions.
26.218 miles divided by 4 is 6.55 miles or 10.48 kilometers.
I'm a college student working on my major in standard English. After I graduate I will go back for a Doctors Degree. Anyway, the MYTH is that a man named Phillipidies ran 26 miles from the Marathon Plains in Greece to Athens. However, this is not true. When I was young I loved history and geography. The direct answer is Spartan leader, Leonidas sent some of the warriors to get some armor from Athens and while they were doing this they were being chased by Persians, so basically about 9,000 warriors ran to and fro Athens back to Marathon...... P.S. when I said "fro", I didn't mean from, I meant fro, and at the time of the run that the 9,000 warriors made, Phillipidies was already dead.
A run that is longer than the traditional 26.2-mile marathon distance. Common distance "Ultra" Marathons are 50K, 50-mile, 100K, 100-miles, 12-hours, 24-hours, etc.
You will have run 13,833.6 feet.
Pheidippides ran 150 miles from Marathon to Sparta, then another 22 miles to Athens.
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Marathon... No Joke
There are 26 miles in a marathon.
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I assume you mean the person who ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to announce the victory won there by the Greeks. His name according to Herodotus was Pheidippides.
no idea name but it was to do with a battle between Greeks and Persians at Marathon. he ran 26 miles got into city walls shouted Nike and died. (victory) that's why we call 26 miles a Marathon
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.
A half-marathon is 13.1 miles long.
He ran 26 miles to tell of the greek victory at Marathon. What actually happend was he ran the s 26 miles, to Athens i believe, then shouted Nike!! which means victory, then died on the spot.