From one dude delivering a message (and then dropping dead), to the current moment, when more women than men run the race worldwide and there are clubs in which the members (myself included) claim to be Maniacs, the marathon has grown up.
Take a look at this concise history of the 26.2 race some of us have become committed to (obsessed with, overwhelmed by - you name it):
2,500 Years After Pheidippides
In March of 2010, I completed my seventh continental marathon distance. Follow me now as I keep running and try to finish a marathon in all 50 U.S. States before I turn 50.
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