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Date change will trip up the L.A. Marathon

The inspiration for long-distance runners is the Greek messenger Pheidippides, who legend has it ran the 25 miles from the plains of Marathon to Athens in 490 BC to announce the Greeks' victory over Persia, and then immediately dropped dead.

By Tina Dupuy

November 26, 2008

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