2016 Marathon Race Trip To Greece

Athens – Marathon – Epidaurus – Nafplion – Mountainous Arcadia – Olympia

  • Intro
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
  • Day 4
  • Day 5
  • Day 6
  • Day 7
  • Day 8
  • Pricing
2016 Marathon Race Trip To Greece

Introduction

Every marathon enthusiasts have in mind a Holy Land, that is the birthplace of the marathon - Athens, where every marathon lover must go to at least one time in his lifetime.

2500 years ago, the Athenian Messenger Phiedippides from the battlefield in town of Marathon , run ceaselessly 40 kilometers for returning to Athens to deliver the good news of victory. Several days' trek and the atigue of the battle, combined with40-kilometers fast run , Phiedippides fell to the ground dead after he announced the victory. This story became afterwards the origin of the marathon.