"Jedan od naših osnovnih ciljeva je milioni trkača na duge staze i trkača rekreativaca iz svijeta barem jednom u svom životu doputuju u Grčku i učestvuju u ovoj utrci, da trče duž prave maratonske staze; u biti, neka vrsta hodočašća na klasičnu maratonsku stazu," izjavio je u petak Vassilis Sevastis, čelnik atletske federacije Grčke (SEGAS).
"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.