The Marathon

Today there is a race called a marathon.  The name comes from the war fought by the Greeks and the Persians.  The war lasted 60 years. Eventually the Greeks won the war.  They were so happy they sent a warrior named Pheidippiedes to run back to Athens.  He ran 26 miles from marathon to Athens to tell everyone that they won the war.  But when he arrived he died of exhaustion.  That is why there is a race called the marathon.