Chicago Marathon
The Chicago Marathon is known for its flat and fast Chicago Marathon course. It was first held in 1905.Combined with a cool fall climate it...
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Run Across USA - Phil McCarthy
Aug 21, 2018
San Francisco, CA, USA
Oct 9, 2018
New York, NY, USA
Phil McCarthy, with the help of his crew Dwight Dammers and Camilo Martinez, started his run from ocean to ocean on August 21, 2018, 5:03 a.m. (PDT) at San Francisco City Hall, and completed his run across the USA at New York City Hall on October 9 at 3:58 p.m. (EDT) in a total time of 49 days, 7 hours, 55 minutes. This is one of the fastest times ever across the USA on foot! Phil aimed to break the world record for fastest run across the USA, by finishing in his home city of New York in less than...
RAF Expedition - John Foden
Oct 8, 1982
Athens, Greece
Oct 9, 1982
Sparta, Greece
On October 8, 1982, British RAF Wing Commander John Foden and four other RAF officers followed in Pheidippides’ Footsteps. The traditional story tells that Pheidippides (530 BC–490 BC) was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, Greece. He ran 246 km (152 mi) in 36 hours. He then ran 40 km (25 mi) from the battlefield near Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) with the word νικῶμεν (“We have won”), to then collapse and die, probably from exhaustion and dehydration and lack of fuel. To...
