Tag: Pheidippides

• The Original Marathon Run

  Around this time of year, 2,502 years ago, the Athenian phalanx defeated a much larger Persian expeditionary-force at the Battle of Marathon. And so, to commemorate this achievement, hundreds of thousands of Americans will run 26.2 miles and call themselves “marathoners.” But really, they’re not commemorating the battle; they’re commemorating the run that followed. After […]

  Collin Garbarino

  September 15, 2012