"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 je da milioni trkača na duge staze i trkača rekreativaca bar jednom u svom životu dođu u Grčku i učestvuju u trci, trče duž autentične putanje maratona; u suštini, na neki način hodačaste klasičnu putanju maratona", izjavio je u petak šef Grčke atletske federacije (SEGAS) Vasilis Sevastis.