Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back -- not just from Marathon ...

They are the local and lesser versions of Agamemnon and Menelaus, squabbling brothers crying out for affirmation in their battle for Marathon, far from their Peloponnesian village. Their prize lay not ...

Larnaca is both ready and set to host its annual marathon on Sunday, with more than 13,000 runners from 85 countries expected to pound the town’s streets across the event’s various distances.Around 1, ...

The legend of Pheidippides running from Marathon to Athens to announce victory and collapsing may not be entirely accurate. There is evidence suggesting he was an ancient Greek courier who ran 153 ...