The marathon covers a distance of 26 miles or 42 kilometers. The name for this race comes from a place in Greece called Marathon and a story about a soldier who ran the marathon distance to bring news of a great battle victory. The soldier died shortly after he completed this great run.
The marathon race was never part of the Ancient Olympics.
Incredible RecordsIn 1908 the record for the marathon was
2:55:18.4 (hours, minutes, seconds, tenths of a second)
held byJohnny Hayes
Today the best time for a marathon is 2:03:38. This record is held by Patrick Makau from Kenya.
42 km = 42,000 meters
He is running at 5 meters per second
He would do our school cross country in 4:42
This year the fastest time in the school was done by Isaac Malthus 6:26
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