Marathon
A marathonis a long-distance runningsportevent where anathletemust run 42.195kilometres(26milesand 385yards).[1]There are many marathons held all over the world each year. It is a very difficult event and runners are advised to run many miles before they compete. This event was named after a battle of theGreco-Persian wars.
The famousbattle of Marathonwas fought in 490 B.C. An army fromPersiacame to fight the army ofAthens.The army from Athens was not expected to win, but they did. After the victory, they sent their best runner, a man named Pheidippides back to Athens to tell everyone the good news. He ran about 25 miles and died of exhaustion when he arrived.
In 1896 the first modernOlympicswas held. There was a race called the Marathon there. It was only about 25 miles (40 km) then.[2]
Notes[change|change source]
- ↑"IAAF Competition Rules for Road Races".International Association of Athletics Federations.International Association of Athletics Federations. 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-09-23.Retrieved2010-11-01.
- ↑"Marathon World Forum".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-03-24.Retrieved2011-02-03.