Marathon

Marathon

A marathon is a foot race of a significant distance. The title "marathon" commemorates a famous Greek soldier who is said to have run 40 km from the town of Marathon to Athens to tell of the Athenian victory over the Persians. In the year 1896, when the Olympics were revived, the marathon was included and the first winner was appropriately a Greek participant by the name of Spiros Louis. MORE! [BM] {NR}