Marathon yakabvepi?
Mujaho wemarathon ndewemakiromita 42,195 uye unotambirwa netsoka. Zita rokuti'marathon' rakabva mungano yaPhilipides, mutumwa wechiGiriki. Ngano yacho inotaura kuti panguva yeHondo yeMarathon, Philippides akaona ngarava yePersia ichichinja nzira kuenda kuAtene. Anotaura ikoku sokuedza kwavaPersia kumhanyira muguta ndokukumbira rukundo rwokunyepedzera pavaGiriki. Philipides akanzi akanga amhanya rwendo rwose rwokuenda kuAtene. Paakasvika akamhanyira muungano ndokudanidzira νενικήκαμεν (nenikēkamen, "takunda!"). Akabva adonha ndokufa.  Nepo pane gakava pamusoro pokururama kwenyaya iyi, apo maOlympic emazuva ano akatanga muna 1896, varongi vakanga vachitsvaka chiitiko chokuyeuchidza nezvorukudzo rweGirisi yekare. Akakunda marathon yokutanga yeOlympic akanga ari Spyridon Louis pana April 10, 1896.