Hi! How are you? I recently signed up to run a marathon; I'm so excited!
That sounds pretty tiring but exciting!
Right?! It's going to be in Boston, next April. I've been training for ages.
Oh is it? That's cool, I'm nowhere near there though.
Are there any big marathons near where you are? 
Not that I know of, I'm not very into them.
Oh no! I love them, they're such a rewarding challenge. The fact that people can run just over 42 kilometres in one go just baffles me, still. 
There's no way i could run one, so I agree!
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
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