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Trip down marathon lane
ATHENS, Aug 8 (AP): This weekend, the myths of ancient Greece will mijc with the stark reality of
the World Championships. The original marathon, that legend of war and death. Is on — with 220,000 dollars at stake.
Frpm the village of Marathon to the marbled Panathi-naikon horseshoe stadium in central Athens, the runners will cover the famous 42.195 kilometres (26 miles, 385 yards) that created the oldest piece of athletic lore.
The Greek legend goes that in 490 BC soldier Pheidippides ran the distance in full battle gear to announce "We have won," — a victory over the Persian — before dying on the spot from exhaustion.
And although the story has survived, some of the details have remained shrouded in time for some of the key competitors at the World Championships.
1 know the history of this." said Ethiopia's Fatuma Roba, the Olympic champion. T want to be Just like him?
After it was explained to her that Pheidippides actually died? she corrected herself. "I want Just the victory." she said.
The women's race will be held Saturday and men's on Sunday's closing day of the 10-day championships. For both races, the gold medalist receives 60.000 dollars, the silver earns 30,000 dollars and the bronze 20,000 dollars.
Pheidippides' death was just a working accident in a culture
of war where armies all had soldiers to run messages for lack of postal pigeons or express mail service.
Fortunately for the weekend runners, it is the Marathon legend that survives. It could have been that of Efhidas, the messenger who ran 200 kilometres (124 miles) in a single day from Platees to the oracle of Delphi and back to relight the holy fire which had been desecrated by the enemy.
But even the original marathon course is one of the toughest. It has a famous hill in the middle that has destroyed
the rhythm of many a runner.
But Roba has no fear, having won the Boston Marathon, also considered as one of the most difficult, with ease in April.
There is a hill, but it looks
comfortable to me,” she said. "Maybe the heat will be a problem."
The runners will start at 8.05 am local time to avoid the sweltering midday heat that peaked at 36 C (97 F) Thursday.
Pheidippides had no such luck, partly explaining the legend why he died.
The battle ended at noon and the messenger ran fully armed under tremendous muscular and anxiety stress, knowing that he should deliver the most important message of his life in the shortest possible time." said Thomas Yiannakis, professor of athlqtlc history at Athens University.
"We can easily explain that the tremendous pressure .... led to his death."
The marathon became part of athletics when a French professor and friend of Baron de Coubertin wanted to include the event in the first modern Olympics in 1986 to honour Greek heritage.
And the past touches the present again when it becomes clear that the controversial idea of "wild cards" to some athletes who do not directly qualify, goes back 101 years.
Spyridon Louis became a Greek hero, winning the first marathon, but how he qualified was not as heroic.
In the qualifying trials. 16 Greeks would be allowed into the Olympics, but Louis finished 17th. The local major however intervened, trusted Louis' running skills, and demanded he also be included.
The rest is history.