Marathon is a long-distance race, which is completed by running, walking or running/walking strategy. And wheelchair technicians. The official distance of marathon is 42. 195 km (26.25438+09 miles; 26 miles and 385 yards), usually as a road race. This activity commemorates the legend of the Greek soldier Phidippides, who was the messenger from marathon to Athens. Marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events of 1896, but the distance was not standardized until 192 1. More than 800 marathons are held every year in the world, and most of the participants are leisure athletes, because the number of participants in large marathons can reach tens of thousands.

Origin:

The name marathon comes from the legend of Philippide or the Greek messenger Ferdinand Peters. Legend has it that he was sent to Athens from the marathon battlefield and announced that the Persians were defeated in the marathon battle (which he had just participated in), which took place in August or September 490 BC. It is said that he ran the whole course in one breath and rushed into the press conference, shouting ννννννν (Nenik ν Kamen, "We won!" ) )。 The performance from marathon to Athens first appeared in 1 century Plutarch's "Glory of Athens", which quoted the lost article of Heraclitus Ponticus and named it Erchius or Thersipus. . Lucian (2nd century A.D.), a satirist in Samosata, first gave a story which was the closest to the modern version, but he wrote it with his tongue, and appointed Felides (not Fidi Depusse) as a racehorse.

Mount Pentelicus lies between the marathon and Athens, which means that if Phillips really becomes famous after the battle, he must run on the mountain, whether in the north or in the south. The latter and the more obvious route almost completely conform to the modern Marathon-Athens Expressway, laying along the land and coast to the south of Marathon Bay, then slowly and persistently climbing to the west, entering Athens to the east, boarding Hymettus and Penteli between the foothills, and then slowly descending to Athens itself.

This route, because it existed during the revival of the 1896 Olympic Games, is about 40 kilometers (25 miles) long, which is the approximate distance originally used for marathon. However, it was suggested that Phillips might follow another route: climb westward along the eastern and northern slopes of Mount Pentley to the passage of Dionysus, and then go downhill all the way to Athens. This route is quite short, 35 kilometers (22 miles), but it includes a very steep initial climb over 5 kilometers (3. 1 mile).