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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.
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How many miles are ran in a marathon?
It is exactly 26.218 miles or 42,195 meters.
Where was marathon invented?
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.
What is an European size 26?
A US Size 2
What events in history happened on September 26?
On September 26, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson had a heart attack. On September 26, 1934, the British launched the Queen Mary, and on September 26, 1948, the Boston Braves won their first National League Championship since 1914.
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