The story of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, whose remarkable running achievement inspired the modern marathon, has been told many times – but there has been much confusion and contradiction in ...

Many runners are familiar with the story surrounding the origins of the modern marathon. As the well-worn legend goes, after the badly outnumbered Greeks somehow managed to drive back the Persians who ...

He's a guy who nearly everyone has heard about, but no one really knows. And that's a great start for a novel, as author Nicholas Checker can attest. Pheidippides, who helped save democracy in Athens ...

As we approach the 15K National Championship Gate River Run and the spring marathon season, I think it's time to pay tribute to the original king of endurance running - Pheidippides. Pheidippides was ...

Ask any runner about the history of the marathon and you'll get the same old story: 490 B.C., Greeks vs. Persians. Greeks win the Battle of Marathon about 25 miles from Athens. Greeks send the ...

North Decatur swept the annual Pheidippides Cup against rival South Decatur. In the boys’ race, the Charger harriers took nine of the top 10 positions. Leading the way and lowering his personal best ...

Legend has it that a runner called Pheidippides was the original Marathoner. After the Greeks' victory over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490BC, the messenger was sent into Athens to ...

Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill The story of the Athenian messenger Pheidippides, whose remarkable running ...