According to the myth, after the Greeks triumphed over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, Pheidippides was ...

Greektown Chicago celebrates the Marathon's ancient origins with events as the Chicago Marathon passes through the historic ...

The history of the oldest operating stadium that is only 110 years younger than the Acropolis - The "Hole of Fate", where in ...

When most people turn 40 they think of having a blowout in Las Vegas or a huge party to celebrate the milestone - but not ...

If you’re looking for a reason to book your next vacation, it’s somewhere on this list. By Matthew Huff You deserve a vacation. Better yet, you deserve a runcation. Call up your favorite dog sitter, ...

Two people have died in a large wildfire burning near a seaside town in central Greece. The fire service said about 350 ...

This is a noble discipline, since, as the author writes, “in the background of every historian’s work is his own contemporary ...

The Spartathlon is a historic ultra-distance foot race that takes place in September of every year in Greece. Starting close ...

In ancient Greece, running—and athletics more generally ... a precocious athlete who won her first marathon in 1971 at age 12, but who struggled with overuse injuries for much of her career.