Marathon 101

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Marathons: The Basics

• Marathon: A long-distance foot racethat is 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers)

• The race is named after the Greek soldier Pheidippides

• The marathon became standardizedas an Olympic event in 1921

• Large marathons can have tens of thousands of participants

• More than 800 marathons areorganized throughout the year

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History of the Marathon

• According to legend, Pheidippideswas a Greek messenger who was

sent from the town of Marathon to

Athens to announce that the

Persians had been defeated

• The first Olympic marathon took

place in 1896

• The women’s marathon was

introduced to the Olympics in 1984

• It has been a tradition in the

modern Olympics for the last event

to be the running of the marathon

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Training for a Marathon

• Most running coaches believe thatthe most important part of training isthe long run

• Many runners try to reach 20 miles

as their long run• 40 miles a week is an average

distance for runners that are training

• Most training programs last around

five to six months

• Consult your health professionalregularly during your training





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Tips for Participating in a Marathon• Most likely you’re not going to win :-(

So start slow and take it easy, set your ownpersonal goal and strive to reach your goal.

• Don’t drink to much during the race and takeplenty of nutrients.

• Write something unique on your shirt or wear

something unique. This will allow spectators tocheer for you – “Run Steve, Run!”

• Bring warm clothes and a throwaway blanket tothe start. Sometimes you will wait hours andhours and you shouldn’t start a race stiff.

• Take salt tablets during the race to keep yoursodium levels up.

• For more tips, Google “Jonathan Roche 10 Tips

for running a marathon”







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Famous Marathons

• More than 800 marathons areorganized around the world

• Five of the largest marathons:Boston, New York City, Chicago,London, and Berlin make up the

biannual World Marathon Majors

• Marathons also occur at theNorth Pole, on the Great Wall of China, and in Greenland





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World Records

• World records f or marathons were notrecognized until 2004

• Before world records were recognized, thebest times were referred to as “world best”

• The world record for men was set in Berlinby Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia with atime of 2 hours 3 minutes and 59 seconds

• The world record for women was set inLondon by Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain

with a time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 25seconds







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Online Registration for Races

• With the high number of participants in marathons, onlineregistration is a must to manageregistrants for any size race

• Compete-At provides a tailored,turn-key platform for marathonorganizers to set up their eventsonline: http://www.compete-at.com/running/index.html



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