Person: Pheidippides

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Robert McNamara says training is punishing, but also energising

IN training for the Irish Examiner Cork City marathon, my body has taken severe punishment to be fit enough to run non-stop for four hours.

Sat, 16 May, 2015

Marathon endurance test loses itself along the way

Why We Run: A Story of Obsession. Robin HarvieJohn Murray; £12.99

Sat, 25 Jun, 2011

Marathon effort as 11,000 race the capital

LEGEND has it that in the first ever marathon, the Greek soldier Pheidippides ran all the way from the city of Marathon to Athens to announce that his country had won the war against Persia in the battle of Marathon.

Tue, 30 Oct, 2007

The marathon — what other event lauds the guy who died at the end?

Having crossed the finish line, the runners go into shock, shivering in a way that rocks a small car on its wheels and begin personal comparison: did they do better than they did last year, or last month in this city or on another continent?

Mon, 29 Oct, 2007