Posted by jkm822 at michigan.mgmt.rpi.edu on May 30, 2003 at 08:47:23:
In Reply to: Marathon is 26 miles.. posted by jthecamb on May 30, 2003 at 01:48:58:
: B/c in Greek history some dude ran 26 miles to spread the new of the victory in war or something...
According to the story, he ran the 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to announce that they had won a war, then dropped dead on the spot.