What legend is associated with the choice of the length of the marathon distance in running? Detailed answer

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What legend is associated with the choice of the length of the marathon distance in running?

According to legend, after the battle of Marathon, the Greek warrior Philippides ran to Athens to announce the victory of the Athenians over the Persians, and died from overexertion. And since the distance he covered was about 40 kilometers, it was this distance that they began to call the marathon. In fact, this legend has become a mixture of two different episodes. Philippides (according to other sources, Phidippides) ran a much greater distance in just a day - 225 kilometers from Athens to Sparta - to ask for military help. But the Athenians in the battle of Marathon eventually managed on their own, and then made a very fast forced march 40 kilometers to their city in order to prevent the other part of the Persian army sailing on the sea from there, and thereby consolidated their victory.

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