I think I would like to try to run a marathon one day.
Good for you!!!  Keep in mind that a marathon is 26.219 miles long, so you will need to train ahead of time.
That is super far! I dont know if I will be able to do that.
They hold marathons to commemorate the run of  Pheidippides, a Greek messenger who reported the armies win at the battle of marathon in 490 BC
That is really interesting I had no idea
distance did not become standardized until 1921. More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes, as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants.
History.
History Origin.
The name "Marathon" comes from the legend of Philippides (or Pheidippides), the Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon (in which he had
it was food and not religion which was the crying need of India.
Lecture.
Vivekananda delivered the following lecture that day (see ""):
Christians must always be ready for good criticism, and I hardly think that you will mind if I make a little criticism. You Christians, who are so fond of sending out missionaries to save the soul of the heathen — why do you not try to save their bodies from starvation? In India, during the terrible famines, thousands died from hunger, yet