运动对健康的好处高中英语作文
时间：2026-03-01 11:39:02
作者：红叶飘零
he marathon was NOT an event of the ancient Olympic games. The marathon is a modern event that was first introduced in t...
The race commemorates the run of Pheidippides, an ancient "day-runner" who carried the news of the Persian landing at Marathon of 490 B.C. to Sparta (a distance of 149 miles) in order to enlist help for the battle. According to the fifth century B.C.ancient Greek historian Herodotus, Pheidippides delivered the news to the Spartans the next day.
The distance of the modern marathon was standardized as 26 miles 385 yards or 42.195 km. in 1908 when the Olympic Games were held in London. The distance was the
exact measurement between Windsor Castle, the start of the race, and the finish line inside White City Stadium.