Although probably the greatest runner of ancient Greece, it was not Phidippides who ran what we call a marathon. The modern sport of marathon running comes from another runner's return from the ...

Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill ...

Stephen Vrska, a marathon and ultra runner ... The first recorded running event was held way back in 76 BC in Olympia, Greece. It was a stadium footrace – a sprint that marked the beginning ...