150 miles from Marathon to Sparta and going back to Athens.
24.2 miles.
Nowhere. Athens sent Pheidippides to run to Sparta to summon them to help fight the Persians. The 120 mile return trip killed him.
he ran 150 miles.
The Battle of Marathon. However Pheidippides was already dead at the time. He had been sent to Sparta to summon them to Marathon, a round trip of 120 miles. He died as a result of that run, and so was not available to go to Athens after the battle. After the battle, the Athenians realised there was an attack by sea on the city, and their army of 9,000 all ran back the 26 miles, getting there just in time to save the city. Sorry, no Pheidippides, but a whole army did the run which formed the basis of today's marathon run.
Pheidippides was sent to run from Marathon to Athens in under 36 hours to announce that there had been a victory against the Persians. He died when arriving to Athens after delivering the message.
The battle of Marathon, Greece.
According to legend, the Athenians sent a messenger named Pheidippides home with the news.The runner raced nearly 25 miles (40.2) from Marathon to Athens. He collapsed from exhaustion and, with his last breath, announced, "victory." Then he died. Modern marathon races are named for this famous run and are just over 26 miles long.
You're probably thinking of Pheidippides and his run from Marathon to Athens without stopping.
The modern Athens Marathon commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C., bringing news of a Greek victory over the Persians. Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and died, thereby setting a precedent for dramatic conclusions to the marathon.
it was run by a small elite
for as long as you take care of it.
The common story is Pheidippides. He was already dead, having run to Sparta to summon them to the battle, dying on his return from a 120 mile run.In fact the news of the battle at Marathon was brought by the whole 9000 Athenian warriors who ran back to Athens after the battle to ward off a seaborne attack on the city in their absence.
It would take ~6.67minutes to run 1km at 9kmh.