Marathon... No Joke
Marathon
From the runner who ran the the city of marthon which was a greek that was 25 miles away from Athens
The Battle of Thermopylae and Marathon. The marathon we know today is because the runner from the battle ran all the way back to Athens which was twenty-six miles. These battles were against the Persians though.
He ran 26 miles to tell of the greek victory at Marathon. What actually happend was he ran the s 26 miles, to Athens i believe, then shouted Nike!! which means victory, then died on the spot.
It was 18,000 Athenian warriors who ran back after their successful battle at Marathon to protect Athens from assault by sea in their absence. They ran back when they realised that the Persian cavalry was heading to Athens on ships. They ran the 26 miles, arriving just as the Persian cavalry was disembarking to take the city. There is a fake story that Pheidippides ran back to tell of the Marathon victory. He was already dead, dying from exhaustion after running to Sparta to summon them to held repel the Persian invasion.
100metres The very first one from the Battle of Marathon to Athens was 26 miles 365 feet. The guy that ran it ran that, got to athens, said "We won!" and died ^^
Four runners complete a relay race in which each runner runs twice as far as the preceding runner. Together, they run a total of 30 miles. How far did the first runner run? 2 miles. 1+2+4+8 = 15. Together tey ran 15 times as far as the 1'st one ran.
Abebe Bikila
126,720 of them.
The runner covered a total of 3520 yards (2 miles = 3520 yards).
Pheidippides ran 150 miles from Marathon to Sparta, then another 22 miles to Athens.
I assume you mean the person who ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to announce the victory won there by the Greeks. His name according to Herodotus was Pheidippides.