The story of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, whose remarkable running achievement inspired the modern marathon, has been told many times – but there has been much confusion and contradiction in ...

Many runners are familiar with the story surrounding the origins of the modern marathon. As the well-worn legend goes, after the badly outnumbered Greeks somehow managed to drive back the Persians who ...

You probably know something about the story of Pheidippides, even if you’ve never heard his name in your life. About 2500 years ago, on the north coast of Attica, Pheidippides is said to have ...

As we approach the 15K National Championship Gate River Run and the spring marathon season, I think it's time to pay tribute to the original king of endurance running - Pheidippides. Pheidippides was ...

I write not just as someone who has stood — with goosebumps — on the Battle Plain at Marathon, and then followed in Pheidippides’ footsteps (actually quite a difficult course) but also as someone who ...

In 490 BC, Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, ran from Marathon to Athens - about 25 miles - to inform the Athenians the outcome of the battle with invading Persians. The distance was filled with hills ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook It’s like running a marathon. Illustration by Megan Mulholland This fall, I found out what that ...

Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill The story of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, whose remarkable running ...