- Marathon - Wikipedia
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42 195 kilometres (c 26 mi 385 yd), [1] usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes The marathon can be completed by running or with a run walk strategy There are also wheelchair divisions
- USA Marathon List - US Marathon Calendar 2025-2026
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- US Marathons Near Me | Marathon Events Calendar 2025 - 2026 - Find a Race
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- Upcoming Marathons in the USA - Running in the USA
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- Marathon - World Athletics
The first women’s Olympic marathon took place at the 1984 Los Angeles Games One of the greatest marathon runners of all time was Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, who became the first black African to win Olympic gold by winning the marathon in a world record time at the 1960 Rome Games Four years later he became the first man in history to
- Marathon | Distance, Length, Olympics, History | Britannica
marathon, long-distance footrace first held at the revival of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 It commemorates the legendary feat of a Greek soldier who, in 490 bce, is supposed to have run from Marathon to Athens, a distance of about 40 km (25 miles), to bring news of the Athenian victory over the Persians and then expired The story of this messenger from the Battle of Marathon was later
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