In 490BC the military messenger Pheidippides ran to Athens from the battle of Marathon to announce victory over the Persians.

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Each marathon course was approximately twenty-five miles, believed to be the length of the route from Marathon to Athens run by Pheidippides in 490 B.

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In 2013, I'm tackling Antarctica, the Inca Trail Marathon (labeled the "toughest marathon in the world"), Mongolia and New Zealand and will finish on the original course of Pheidippides in Athens in November.

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