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.
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (approximately 26 miles 385 yards), usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions.
The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896, though the
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