Runners prepare for the Philadelphia marathon
On a hot summer day in 490 BC the Greek legend Philippides ran 26 hilly miles from Marathon to Athens to deliver the news that the Athenian army defeated the Persians. He later collasped from exhaustion. This legendary story was the inspiration for the modern marathon. On April 10, 1986, the first marathon was held […]
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