Can a Marathon Kill You? ; Probably Not, but It Pays to Run Safe.
Columbia Daily Tribune › February 01, 2009
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Historians say the first marathon runner was Philippides, who, in 490 B.C., ran 24.85 miles from the battlefield at Marathon with news of the Athenian army's victory over the Persians. He reached Athens, cried out, "Rejoice, we conquer," fell down and died.
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Can a Marathon Kill You? ; Probably Not, but It Pays to Run Safe.
"Running is good for you if you do it right," says Kevin Jacobs, exercise physiologist at University of Miami. "It builds...
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