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The First Marathon Facts

In 490 BCE, Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, ran from Marathon to Athens (about 25 miles) to inform the Athenians the outcome of the battle with invading Persians. The distance was filled with hills and other obstacles; thus Pheidippides arrived in Athens exhausted and with bleeding feet. After telling the townspeople of the Greeks' success in the battle, Pheidippides fell to the ground dead. In 1896, at the first modern Olympic Games, held a race of approximately the same length in commemoration of Pheidippides.


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Geeva Sheet
wow my nans called Pheidippides!
Geeva Sheet at at 04:43AM, Jul 2nd 2008.
Johnny
Didn't we all learn this in grade 6 Social Studies on ancient Greece and the battle of Thermopile?
Johnny at at 11:13PM, Jul 24th 2008.
Ekblom
Interesting fact, though not in it's entirety. Pheidippides was an expeirenced runner who covered even greater distances to deliver messages for Marathon. Prior to this epic run, he had delievered armor to neighboring allies and also fought in the battle. Did they have Red Bull back then?
Ekblom at at 05:38PM, Jan 26th 2009.
Megan
HI people i'm in school doing work. I'm so bored right now. BTW I already knew that!!!!!
Megan at at 08:26AM, May 14th 2009.
Kiki
Megan wrote: #
HI people i'm in school doing work. I'm so bored right now. BTW I already knew that!!!!!


ME TOO!!
Kiki at at 07:44PM, Oct 15th 2009.
Knowitall
This is a total lie! The distance from marathon to Athens is over 100miles. The length of the marathon was decided in London when they wanted it to start at the palace and end in the stadium which was just over 26miles away!
Knowitall at at 06:40AM, Jun 29th 2010.
tom
actually, the fact stated is a fact, look on google maps, marathon is 15-20 miles from athens, if you go direct in straight line. that probably wasnt possible as he had to take road ways to know where hes going. i cant possibly see why you would think its 100 miles.
tom at at 03:50PM, Jan 24th 2011.
Franky
100 miles distance between Marathon and Athen?? Boy the country is not that long from side to side. Lolol I could imagine if that runner went from 26 miles to 100 miles...if he were drunk and was running zig-zagging. Lololol
Franky at at 08:05PM, Nov 10th 2011.

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