The first marathon

The marathon is a 42km race! It was first run 2,500 years ago. What is the history of this race? Watch and find out!

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The marathon is a very long race. Do you like running? Tell us about it!

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CaptainSoccerPlayer's picture CaptainSoccerPlayer replied on 1 April, 2011 - 07:47 Nepal Permalink

boring!

CaptainSoccerPlayer's picture CaptainSoccerPlayer replied on 1 April, 2011 - 07:46 Nepal Permalink

coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!

RunningKittenRock's picture RunningKittenRock replied on 26 March, 2011 - 09:18 Romania Permalink

i like running but I'm not a very good runner.I'm good at tennis .

CaptainSoccerPlayer's picture CaptainSoccerPlayer replied on 1 April, 2011 - 07:48 Nepal Permalink

Same To You

HelloDrinkingCoffee's picture HelloDrinkingCoffee replied on 25 March, 2011 - 09:56 Vietnam Permalink

Listening this story is pretty difficult. But it is interesting !

PrincessDaffodilAngel's picture PrincessDaffodi... replied on 20 March, 2011 - 05:48 India Permalink

According to my logic, Pheidippides is the best runner!!!
Please understand the trouble he took..!

PrincessYellowBelt's picture PrincessYellowBelt replied on 13 March, 2011 - 09:57 Vietnam Permalink

It's wonderful but sad too. Poor that man!

LadyPop50's picture LadyPop50 replied on 22 February, 2011 - 15:17 Romania Permalink

BlackSoftwareIcon's picture BlackSoftwareIcon replied on 7 February, 2011 - 15:30 United States of America Permalink

that was cool the greeks beet the persians and they killed 6400 and 192 greeks died that is amazing i thought the persians were going to win.

GoldTreeGiraffe's picture GoldTreeGiraffe replied on 15 January, 2011 - 16:41 Netherlands Permalink

I had to translate it into Dutch for my homework because I live in the Nederlands