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Learn more about the history of running and be amazed!

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Dating way back to 776 B.C., the very first running event of the Olympics Games was held, called the stadion or stade, where Coroebus of Elis won first.

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The ancient Olympics carried on until the Roman Empire conquered Greece in the 2nd century B.C.

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During the advent of the modern Olympics, in 1892, a man named Baron Pierre De Coubertin thought of an idea of creating the modern marathon and had a meeting with the Union des Sports  Athlétiques in Paris to propose the revival of the Olympics.

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2 years later, Baron Pierre De Coubertin got the approval and founded the International Olympic Committee which governs the Olympics.

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In 1896, the first modern Olympics then took place in Athens, Greece, and the first winner of the first marathon was a Greek water-carrier named Spyridon Louis.

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In 1897, the Boston Marathon was born. To this day, the Boston Marathon is considered one of the most prestigious events of running.

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First recorded complaint about Boston Marathon registration process.

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Distance for Olympic Marathon in London set at 26 miles, 385 yards to allow royal family to watch start at Windsor Castle. Distance standardized for all marathons in 1921.

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Violet Percy records first official women's finish time (3:40:22) in London.

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Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia wins Olympic Marathon barefoot, presaging East African dominance and endless Internet debates.

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Frank Shorter's Olympic Marathon win and corresponding media attention help inspire first running boom.

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Rosie Ruiz, initially declared winner of Boston Marathon, is immediately suspected of cutting course because of lack of running knowledge and world-class credentials. After Ruiz is disqualified, Canadian Jacqueline Gareau named official winner.

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Joan Benoit wins first women's Olympic Marathon in 2:24:52.

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Oprah Winfrey runs Marine Corps Marathon in 4:29:20, helps launch second running boom.

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Canadian Ed Whitlock becomes first person 70 or older to break 3:00 (2:59:10).

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Women become 40% of U.S. marathon finishers compared with 10% in 1980.

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The color run, a five-kilometer, untimed event wherein runners wear white shirt and will be doused in a different colored powder at each kilometer mark, was first held in Phoenix, Arizona, with 6,000 people joined; Brit Fauja Singh runs 8:11:06 in Toronto to become first person 100 or older to finish a marathon.

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Two bombs explode near Boston Marathon finish, killing three and wounding more than 260; Estimated 1,100 marathons held in the United States, compared with 300 in 2000.

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Athletes in running trains at home due to pandemic and some people take a run alone outside, however, taking safe precautions.