Marathon chapter 1

  Marathon is the highlight of many outdoor going athletic type of people. It is a testament to the incredible feat a person could strive to achieve in their life. Like many social gathering event the meaning behind marathon is that it brings various people to become productive members of the organized function in making the best with what they can in achieve and that is to finish the marathon race. Today marathon is held everywhere across the globe, with having long distance that can be approximately of 42 km or 26 miles where participants may venture through road race. The city streets will be turn into racing trek and that includes the path for vehicles driving roads which will be used as part of the competition venues. This requires the help from various organizers and institutions where they may have to set the right date as it may be causing traffic problems for other members of society. The marathon events are held all year round and with the measured amount of race of about 800 marathons around the world it is no wonder the event is so popular amongst all age group. It is a healthy type of sports that makes people aware of the benefits of exercising the body and even the mind when it comes to preparing the race. They become in tune with their body and push themselves to levels that they have never known possible and for some people it is a celebration of ones conscious strive to overcome the hardships of training to focus on that one goal. People who competes in the marathon are needed to strengthen their body through various type exercising methods. What type of exercise would depend on the individual but it would be recommended to be a cardio and endurance type of training to keep the body fit with the course that they would undertake.

 The marathon origin dates back to greece where the story of Philippides a greek messenger who raced back to his city Athens to warn them about Persian vessel heading there. It was an important task that led to the saving of greece in those days and today its legacy have spread throughout the world and becomes part of our cultural norms. The marathon we know of today was formed during the Olympic events in 1896 where the global population is introduced to the form of competitive event where people are able to participate and finish for their own respective country. It is such a popular function that it grew massively and became a worldwide sensation. The marathon even have a derived type of version such as triathlon where the stakes are even higher and brutal. Nevertheless, we today enjoy its struggles and share in its glory of successfully participating in the marathon race that is beneficial to all of us from adults to adolescent where it helps to create a better society and a functional community as its based. Marathon is a strong indicator that one have achieve great success in which it shows through the efforts that was put in order to complete the goal which is an honorable thing to achieve in a persons life.