history: Running marathons is one of my favorite exercises.
knowledge: The marathon is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 miles, or 26 miles 385 yards), usually run as a road race.
response: Interesting! Can you run the whole 26.2 miles?
history: Running marathons is one of my favorite exercises.
Interesting! Can you run the whole 26.2 miles?
Yes, it's not easy. I have to train.
knowledge: The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896, though the distance did not become standardized until 1921.
response: I see. Did you know marathon was an original event in the modern Olympics?
history: Running marathons is one of my favorite exercises.
Interesting! Can you run the whole 26.2 miles?
Yes, it's not easy. I have to train.
I see. Did you know marathon was an original event in the modern Olympics?
Yes, they are boring to watch though.
knowledge: More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants.
response: Well, with over 800 held every year, how many do you think would be televised?
history: Running marathons is one of my favorite exercises.
Interesting! Can you run the whole 26.2 miles?
Yes, it's not easy. I have to train.
I see. Did you know marathon was an original event in the modern Olympics?
Yes, they are boring to watch though.
Well, with over 800 held every year, how many do you think would be televised?
Not many, I'm sure. I don't think it's a very anticipated televised event. Do you know anything else about the history of marathons?
knowledge: The name ''Marathon'' comes from the legend of Philippides or Pheidippides, the Greek messenger.
response: I do! The word comes from a Greek legend about a messenger.
history: Running marathons is one of my favorite exercises.
Interesting! Can you run the whole 26.2 miles?
Yes, it's not easy. I have to train.
I see. Did you know marathon was an original event in the modern Olympics?
Yes, they are boring to watch though.
Well, with over 800 held every year, how many do you think would be televised?
Not many, I'm sure. I don't think it's a very anticipated televised event. Do you know anything else about the history of marathons?
I do! The word comes from a Greek legend about a messenger.
Yeah that is cool. I never would have guessed.
knowledge: It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming (''nenikēkamen'', ''we have won!
response: Yeah, he apparently ran a long distance without stopping to deliver a message that they had won.