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Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Marathon of Marathons: The Athens Classic Marathon
The Athens Classic Marathon is the
Marathon
of
Marathons! No matter how many Marathons you've run, you
haven't run a real Marathon until
you've
run the original!
Today the world's greatest Marathon race took place in the city where it was born, in Athens, Greece along the exact same path that the heroic Pheidippides followed in 490 B.C., 2501 years ago, to announce the Athenians' victory over the Persians.
Commemorating that incredibly difficult 42 kilometre run from Marathon to Athens by Pheidippides, people from all over the
world flock to Greece each year to take part in the Athens Marathon, few being able to withstand the lure, the historic
significance and the symbolism of running the same route as Pheidippides, inthe Marathon of
Marathons,
The message we want to send around the world is simple:
20,000 this year, 30,000 next year!
Spread the word, become a part of history!
The Athens Classic Marathon is the
Marathon
of
Marathons! No matter how many Marathons you've run, you
haven't run a real Marathon until
you've
run the original!
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