What is Long distance race?
{{main|Track and field athletics}} A '''long distance race''' is any [[running]] event on the [[Track and field athletics|track]] that is longer than 3000m. This includes such events as the 3000m run, the 3000m steeplechase, the 3200m run, the two mile run, the three mile run, 5000m run, five mile run, six mile run, and 10000m run, and so on. The original marathon race, created in 1896, paid tribute to the legendary run completed by Greek messenger Pheidippides in 490 BC. Pheidippides gives word of the Greek victory over Persia at the Battle of Marathon to the people of Athens. That’s when, according to legend, Pheidippides (530-490 BC) ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of a military victory against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon. [[File:5000 m men final Berlin 2009.jpg|thumb|Men 5000 m final at the World Championship Athletics 2009 in [[Berlin]].]] ==Related pages== * [[Sprint]] * [[Middle distance race]] * [[Walking race]] * [[Hurdle race]] * [[Relay]] * [[Steeplechase (athletics)]] * [[Cross-country race]] * [[Marathon]] [[Category:Running]]