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A marathon
is a long-distance running
sport
event where an
athlete
must run 42.195
kilometres
(26
miles
and 385
yards
).
[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 the
Greco-Persian wars
.
The famous
battle of Marathon
was fought in 490 B.C. An army from
Persia
came to fight the army of
Athens
. 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 modern
Olympics
was held. There was a race called the Marathon there. It was only about 25 miles (40 km) then.
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Marathons
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