The modern marathon race is about 26 miles.

现代马拉松比赛大约26英里。

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For the previous 25 years, after the first modern marathon of the 1896 Olympics in Athens, the distance had been flexible, varying between 24 and 26 miles.

在过去的25年中，自1896雅典奥运会的第一届现代马拉松以后，马拉松的全程摇摆不定，从24到26英里不等。

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The guy who dreamt up the idea for a marathon race was a Frenchman named Michel Bréal who just happened to be a buddy of Pierre de Coubertin the guy who started the modern Olympics.

最早想到要把马拉松设成比赛项目的是一个叫米歇尔的法国人，他恰好是现代奥林匹克之父顾拜旦的朋友。

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Legend has it that Pheidippides, the ancient Athenian soldier who ran the route that inspired the modern marathon, died from exhaustion but only after covering the distance of a marathon every day over a ten-day period.

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