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The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 kilometres (c. 26 mi 385 yd), [1] usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy.
The traditional story relates that Pheidippides (530–490 BC), an Athenian runner, or hemerodrome [3] (translated as 'day-runner', [4] 'courier', [5] [6] 'professional-running courier' [3] or 'day-long runner' [7]), was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, Greece. He ran about 240 km (150 mi) in two days, and ...
Thousands of years later, marathon running became part of world sports, starting at the inaugural Marathon in the 1896 Modern Olympic Games. After around 40 years of various distances, the 42.195 kilometer (26.2) mile trek became standard. The number of marathons in the United States has grown over 45 times in this period. [2]
Each day, the Belgian ultramarathoner would complete about 42.195 kilometers (26.2 miles) in distance, keeping a pace of about 10 kilometers an hour, documenting each marathon using GPS data ...
A marathon is always measured by the same distance: 26.2 miles, but the time it takes to finish depends on your fitness level, training and the course itself.
Among the 20,000 runners at Saturday’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon ... of there every single day.” And it’s the ‘why’ that pushed Tyler to double last year’s effort and complete 26.2 ...
According to Joe Muldowney, at the time "most Americans had no idea what the marathon was, let alone its weird 26.2-mile distance. Some folks may have heard of the Boston Marathon, an event that had been held since 1897, but few Americans had the desire to tackle the race itself." [24] [25]
The 26.2-mile Cellcom Marathon started in June 2000 under former race director Gloria West. It was a popular event for thousands of runners because of the opportunity to race through Lambeau Field ...