World Marathon Majors

come across the infamous tribe, the Tarahumara Indians. The book Born to Run, written by Christopher McDougall, tells of the history of the Tarahumara Indians, or as McDougall calls them “A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen.” The Tarahumara Indians are a tribe that resides in Mexico and has been found to run extremely long distances…

Texas Marathon Trails Will Give You Healthy Running Goals Sports are such activities (exercise) that keep us fit as well as rejuvenated among which running/jogging is every one’s favorite. Following under the same category a marathon is a long distance running event which is generally run as road race. Having an interesting historically backdrop, every year many marathons are been carried out where thousands of participators or competitors take part across the world. Moreover, arrangement of…

Break a Leg Everything is perfect. The cool, spring breeze whipping past my face and through my hair. The warm glow of the sun coming up through the trees. My every step and leap perfectly timed. My clear mind. All of it… perfect. I love my morning runs, it gives me time to think, to dream. I’m Maddi Claire. I run track. Well, specifically hurdles. I’ve enjoyed running my entire life. I love the feeling of exhilaration I get sprinting down the lane and leaping over each hurdle. The rush, the…

myself for the nonstop running. This was like nothing I had attempted before. My friends thought I was insane, and they were probably right. You have to be insane to subject your mind and body to something that excruciating. I was told to pick a marathon instead, but people run those everyday. I knew I was well within my limits to complete one. An ultramarathon was so far out of my comfort zone I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Very few people can complete one, as it requires a tremendous…

start to travel the 26-mile route of the 2015 Boston Marathon, but did you know the history of the Boston Marathon is over 100-years old? The Boston Athletic Association has organized this famous marathon since Patriot’s Day in 1897, thus making it the oldest and most well-known yearly marathon, and one with a rich and exciting history. Fewer than 20 participants ran in that very first Boston Marathon, making the history of the Boston Marathon something that has grown tremendously in those 118…

I belong to that classification of people known as runners. I am A Runner. I have friends who say how they want a runner. They say how if they had a runner, their motivation to get into shape and lose weight would increase. After hearing this multiple times, one night while I was stretching my sore muscles, I decided I would like a runner also. Why do I want a runner? I would like to have a lean, skinny body so that I can fit into smaller clothes; therefore, being able to share clothes with…

It was record time speed for a woman. It was interesting the when she was being awarded she looked like she hadn’t even ran a foot. Her hair was perfect, she was barely sweaty whatsoever. So apparently Rosie Ruiz finished the Boston Marathon in almost record time without sweating. It seemed strange to everyone that you had just ran over 26 miles and you were barely breaking a sweat. Once people started getting suspicious they realized, “no one — neither competitors nor spectators — could…

conquer Greece. The Greek history was a series of battles fought between the Greece and Persia from 499 BC to 479 BC. The Persians were successful at invading but never conquered Greece. The Persian Empire was the largest and most powerful empire in the world and Greece had many cities states including the two main powerful states who were Athens and Sparta. This event all started when a few Greek city states who were under the Persian Empire control revolted against the ruler who at that time…

the land was desirable to own during the war causing Carthage to send Hanno to aid the starving citizens in Agrigentum. Similarly, Athens sent for help to Sparta after Eretria was attacked and waited near the shrine of Hercules on a mountain in Marathon for the relief force to arrive. Both of these battles exemplify how the strategy of waiting defensively and forcing the enemy to attack or to attack them off-guard was used effectively in order to wait until advantages arrive or until the enemy…

Greek strategy overcame the sheer size of the Persian Army; utilizing the terrain around them and their men, the Greeks experienced great success in places like Marathon, the Straits of Salamis, and Mycale. However, the Persian’s over reliance on the size of their forces and some crucial battlefield mistakes, like the order to assault at Plataea, greatly aided the Greeks in their…