I am a hero
It is common knowledge that a marathon consist in running a little more than 42 km, but what many people don’t know is that its name comes from an Ancient Greece’s legend.
Basically, the legend tells the story of a Greek soldier, called Philipides, who ran the distance from the former city of Marathon to Athens in order to tell their population that the Greeks had defeated the Persian army.
I have to point out that the distance between these two cities is 42 km, so it is the reason because of the longest pedestrian race is widely known as marathon, like the Greek city which became so popular thanks to this legend.
Running a marathon involves not only being fit and having good health and physical preparation but you also must be well balanced mentally.
To face this race you need an overdose of endurance and steadiness because it is hard to commit to training a couple of hours, at least 4 days a week over the 3 months before running the race, whether it is pouring down or boiling.
At the end, when the great day comes, encouraged by the crowd, you overcome the difficulties and complete your marathon, your feelings will be just about as awesome as Philipides ones when he arrived exhausted to Athens…. like a hero.
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I am a hero
It is common knowledge that a marathon consists of running a little more than 42 km, but what many people don’t know is that its name comes from an Ancient Greek legend.Basically, the legend tells the story of a Greek soldier, called Philipides, who ran the distance from the former city of Marathon to Athens in order to tell their population that the Greeks had defeated the Persian army.
^^(generally, when you would use "in order to", you can use "to" by itself. For example, "...who ran the distance from the former city of marathon to athens to tell their population that a Greek soldier..." means the same thing as your sentence above)
I have to point out that the distance between these two cities is 42 km, so this is the reason that the longest pedestrian race is widely known as a marathon, like the Greek city which became so popular thanks to this legend.
Running a marathon involves not only being fit and having good health and physical preparation but you also must be well balanced mentally.
To face this race you need an overdose (I would use a different word here. Overdose means too much) of endurance and steadiness because it is hard to commit to training a couple of hours, at least 4 days a week over the 3 months before running the race, whether it is pouring down rain or boiling hot.
At the end, when the great day comes, encouraged by the crowd, you overcome the difficulties and complete your marathon, your feelings will be just about as awesome as Philipides' (the apostrophe signifies possession and you can omit the next word because people understand that you are referring to Philipides feelings; you could also say "... about as awesome as those of Philipides...") when he arrived exhausted to Athens…. like a hero.
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