Do you know that  a marathon is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres
I knew it in miles but not KM.  I'm not much of a runner, 5K is about my limit.  What about you?
Been running all my life. The first run was an event done  in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory.
Very interesting!  What about Iron Man runs?  Aren't those something like 50 kilometers?
oh well, i'm not sure about that but I know it was added to the list of events for modern olympics. The first happened in 1896 though
Speaking of the modern olympics, any idea who the top runner in the world is right now?
I wish I knew by the way do you know that the word olympics was coined from the Greek messenger  Pheidippides?
I didn't know that, thank you.  Some of those Greek names are crazy hard to spell though!