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Archive Home > 2007 > November > 08 > Running the risk

Running the risk

Marathons can feel like the ultimate challenge but come with a price

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
November 8, 2007

As legend has it, the first marathon was run by Pheidippides, who reportedly high-tailed it from the battlefield at Marathon more than 20 miles to Athens to report the Athenian victory over the Persians in 490 B.C. Then, he promptly dropped dead.

Sounds like quite the basis for a sporting....

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