"One of our primary goals is for the world's millions of long-distance runners and joggers to at least, once in their lifetimes, travel to Greece and participate in this race, to run along the authentic marathon course; in essence, a pilgrimage of sorts to the classical marathon route," Vassilis Sevastis, the head of Greece's athletics federation (SEGAS), said on Friday.
"Jedan od naših primarnih ciljeva jest da milijuni trkača na duge staze i trkača rekreativaca barem jedanput u svojem životu dođu u Grčku i sudjeluju u utrci, trče duž autentične staze maratona; u biti, na neki način hodočaste klasičnu stazu maratona", izjavio je petak Vassilis Sevastis, šef Grčkog atletskog saveza (SEGAS).