Marathon: Why 42,195 km?

Every year, thousands of people all over the world run 42,195 km. But why? This video explains the common historic misconception about the origins of this legendary run.
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  • @Agras14
    @Agras146 жыл бұрын

    Its actually more like 560 km, which would be approximately two times the distance of the modern Spartathlon athletic event, plus two times the Marathon-Athens distance. I say two times for the modern Spartathlon, because Pheidippides run to ask the Spartans for help (they told him they would have to wait and come only after the full Moon, six days later, delayed by a mandatory religious festival that ended in a full Moon), and then had to run back to Athens to announce it, and i say two times the Marathon-Athens distance, because he then had to run to Marathon and announce it to the Athenian fighters, who actually won, and then for his last run go back to Athens to announce the happy news, after which he fell dead. Ofcourse, with simply using our logic we can see this whole distance of 560 km was run between the period of 6 days, nonetheless an exceptional fit for someone who might not have been used to such distances so quickly.

  • @karataylalimehmettrkaratay4603
    @karataylalimehmettrkaratay46039 ай бұрын

    42,195 km,

  • @sofitocyn100
    @sofitocyn1003 жыл бұрын

    the video still doesn't say why the marathon is 42,195km

  • @Ciceroni1

    @Ciceroni1

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are very right! We chose the title very badly. We should have called it something about 'mythbusting' or misconceptions.. The standard distance for the marathon appears to come from the modern olympics in London. Where they adapted the distance to fit with the route.