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I don't think people started running marathons until after bicycles and cars were invented.
by zardo 4y ago
I don't think people started running marathons until after bicycles and cars were invented.
- bluGill 4y agoThe bible mentions people running in a race. May not have been a marathon, but foot races were clearly known before bicycles and cars.
- Macha 4y agoYeah, cars predate marathons by about 10 years. The marathon sport was invented for the 1896 olympics, the first car was shown off in 1886 and sold commercially in 1888
- Maursault 4y agoI thought Pheidippides tragically invented the marathon in 490BC. The word comes from Marathōn in Greece where the Athenians defeated the Persians.
- dragontamer 4y agoWell, I just went down a rabbit hole. There seems to be a "reverse Balto/Togo" effect here. Pheidippides did NOT run the famous "Marathon". Pheidippides ran the 150-mile journey from Athens to Sparta (and back: 300 total miles) and then died. The "Marathon to Athens" 26.4 mile journey was another heroic messenger, but someone who was mistaken for Pheidippides. It seems very unlikely for Pheidippides to be the messenger because he'd have been tired (and/or dead) from his Athens / Sparta message.
- Maursault 4y agoI am getting just a little sick and tired of all the ancient fake news.
- Macha 4y agoThat's why I said the marathon sport and not just running to/from Marathon :)