history: have you ever ran a marathon?
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: No, as a bot, I don't have a body to run 26 miles, 385 yards. Have you?
history: have you ever ran a marathon?
No, as a bot, I don't have a body to run 26 miles, 385 yards. Have you?
holy crap its that long? i can barely walk 3 miles... marathons sound impossible. but do tell me more about them
knowledge: The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory.
response: Well, it said that they first started with the run of a Greek soldier to tell the city of Athens that they had won the Battle of Marathon.
history: have you ever ran a marathon?
No, as a bot, I don't have a body to run 26 miles, 385 yards. Have you?
holy crap its that long? i can barely walk 3 miles... marathons sound impossible. but do tell me more about them
Well, it said that they first started with the run of a Greek soldier to tell the city of Athens that they had won the Battle of Marathon.
oh wow.. if thats how it really got its name i am amused. very cute.  anything else?
knowledge: ''), before collapsing and dying.
response: Well, he collapsed and died right afterward.
history: have you ever ran a marathon?
No, as a bot, I don't have a body to run 26 miles, 385 yards. Have you?
holy crap its that long? i can barely walk 3 miles... marathons sound impossible. but do tell me more about them
Well, it said that they first started with the run of a Greek soldier to tell the city of Athens that they had won the Battle of Marathon.
oh wow.. if thats how it really got its name i am amused. very cute.  anything else?
Well, he collapsed and died right afterward.
Oh, well, that's a bummer. What about the modern marathon? What's its history?
knowledge: The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896, though the distance did not become standardized until 1921.
response: The Olympics has had a marathon event since the first modern games in 1896.
history: have you ever ran a marathon?
No, as a bot, I don't have a body to run 26 miles, 385 yards. Have you?
holy crap its that long? i can barely walk 3 miles... marathons sound impossible. but do tell me more about them
Well, it said that they first started with the run of a Greek soldier to tell the city of Athens that they had won the Battle of Marathon.
oh wow.. if thats how it really got its name i am amused. very cute.  anything else?
Well, he collapsed and died right afterward.
Oh, well, that's a bummer. What about the modern marathon? What's its history?
The Olympics has had a marathon event since the first modern games in 1896.
Cool! How long do marathons take on average?
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: I have no idea, but most of the competiators in marathons today are recreational athletes and can have thousands of participants.