BEGINNING. It is from the ancient city of Marathon that Pheidippides began an arduous run to Athens in 490 B.C. Barefoot‚ he covered twenty five miles of rugged mountainous terrain to deliver the monumental news of Greece’s victory over the Persian army. After a euphoric shout of "Nike!" or victory‚ the exhausted runner collapsed at the royal court. To commemorate Pheidippides’s heroic effort and his spirit of patriotism‚ in 1896 a long distance race named Marathon was introduced at the Olympics. Fittingly
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Beginner marathon training plan This beginner marathon training plan is meant for casual runners who enjoy racing and have some experience running shorter distances or may have even completed a marathon before. The schedule involves running 5-6 times per week and it peaks at 40 miles per week. If you have not yet achieved 25 miles per week running‚ work your way up gradually by increasing your weekly mileage by no more than the total number of runs you’ve completed during the week every 3 to 6 weeks
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The Hobby of Running Running as a hobby is recommended because it is beneficial in helping to improve health‚ helps you to meet new people and is versatile and relatively inexpensive. Running is also a useful tool in reducing stress and provides other psychological benefits. Running is a relatively easy hobby to take up. Running requires no new skills. You can begin running at any age with many people over 40 taking their first running steps as they embark on the path to health and a new and
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Jaymes Studabaker Running‚ running‚ running down a dark alley don’t know where to go and then you come face first into a brick building you get knocked unconscious and you wake up not knowing where you are. Have you ever had that happen to you? Well that’s happened to me. I was a good kid‚ popular‚ and as the girls would put it hot. Well now I can’t talk to girls or let’s just say any one for that fact. My parent named me Phillip‚ but now I go by James. The person that made me run into that wall
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Boston Marathon Bombing The bombing of the 2013 Boston Marathon was a tragedy which killed several people and injured many‚ but the story behind it is very interesting. The first Boston Marathon was won by John J. McDermott in two hours‚ fifty five minutes‚ and ten seconds‚ forever earning a spot in sports history. The distance of the Boston Marathon is nearly twenty five miles(baa.org). In 2013‚ two bombs went off near the finish line two hundred ten feet apart. The explosion killed four people
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During the great depression‚ the unemployment was high‚ the wages were low‚ lines stretched around the city for food‚ and children had to stop school to work for money. Zishan Ugurlu‚ the director of “Marathon Dancing: Letters To Wall Street In The Era of Wonderful Nonsense” shows the history of the marathon dancing in the 1920s and 1930s. The performance is around two hours long‚ and without a rest time. The dance is held in Loree Dance Theater on Douglass Campus. The theater is very small‚ which not
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Darius was the king of Persia and the first to attack Greece. The war was called The Battle Of Marathon it was the most famous. It was the very first battle to be recorded. After defeating the Persians the greek city states became more confident about themselves and how strong they are to defending their city states. The Persian armada of 600 ships an invasion force of of 20‚000 infantry and cavalry on just north of Athens in september 490 B.C. Their goal was to crush Greek states. The Athens had
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yJessica Vig Mrs. Hillman AP English/ Block 2 February 8‚ 2011 Kenyans‚ the Runners of the World Since 1986‚ when the people of Kenya began to take the world championship of running seriously‚ their men have won every team race from the eight hundred meter to the three thousand meter steeple chase. Five of the top ten spots on Runner’s World’s annual road race ranking for 2001 were held by Kenyan men (Hirschoff). Statistics show that compared to their Western counterparts‚ Kenyans are better
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Boston Marathon Bombing On April 15‚ 2013 during the Boston Marathon in Copley Square‚ two bombs exploded near the finish line killing at least three and injuring over 170 people. This bombing sent the nation in an uproar and it was immediately recognized as a terrorist attack. When the Federal Bureau of Investigation took over‚ a few days later a surveillance video and photographs of the two suspects were released. After the suspects were named‚ Dzhokar Tsarnaev‚ 19‚ and Tamerlan Tsarnaev‚
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Footwear‚ accepted and denied Running for sport and recreation are perhaps as unique as the enthusiasts who first roused the market. Today‚ that market (running shoes) is changing. While the 21st century has propelled us into an “age of hyper-engineered performance gear and space-age wicking fabrics;” barefoot running has reinvented the marketplace‚ while simultaneously inspiring the new generation (Sprinkle 2004). The idea that running barefoot can be beneficial is a relatively liberal idea
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