{"id":1843,"date":"2018-08-03T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T14:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=1843"},"modified":"2018-08-03T15:46:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T15:46:51","slug":"marathon-run","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/?portfolio=marathon-run","title":{"rendered":"Marathon Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><div id=\"metaslider-id-1834\" style=\"max-width: 1000px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1834 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Marathon\" data-height=\"600\" data-width=\"1000\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1834\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1834\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1838 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-03 14:00:26\" data-filename=\"running-1301313_1920-e1533804648502-1000x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sonnentours.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/running-1301313_1920-e1533804648502-1000x600.jpg?resize=1000%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"600\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1834 slide-1838 msDefaultImage\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Marathon Run <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1947 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-22 09:32:32\" data-filename=\"pan-stad-e1534930346699-938x563.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sonnentours.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/pan-stad-e1534930346699-938x563.jpg?resize=1000%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"600\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1834 slide-1947 msDefaultImage\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Panathenaic Stadium<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1835 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-03 14:00:23\" data-filename=\"action-1837158_1920-e1533803982699-1000x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sonnentours.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/action-1837158_1920-e1533803982699-1000x600.jpg?resize=1000%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"600\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1834 slide-1835 msDefaultImage\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Marathon Run <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1839 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-03 14:00:27\" data-filename=\"23555922276_0810037692_os-e1533805687679-1000x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sonnentours.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23555922276_0810037692_os-e1533805687679-1000x600.jpg?resize=1000%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"600\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1834 slide-1839 msDefaultImage\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Panathenaic Stadium<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1840 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2018-08-03 14:00:28\" data-filename=\"Olympia-s-e1533805525419-1000x600.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sonnentours.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Olympia-s-e1533805525419-1000x600.jpg?resize=1000%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"600\" width=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1834 slide-1840 msDefaultImage\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Olympia <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>The Run<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Marathon run<\/strong> has been established in honor of the Athenean hoplite Pheidippides (other names alleged with him are Thersipus or Eucles), who run armed from <strong>Marathon<\/strong>, in Eastern Attica, to <strong>Athens<\/strong>, covering 42.195 kilometres, in order to give the message of victory against the Persian army in the battle that took place in Marathon area in 490 B.C. and died out of exhaustion right then. While, there was no such game in antiquity, the marathon run as a long-distance race was one of the first games icluded in the <strong>Modern Olympic Games<\/strong> since 1896, under suggestion of Michel Breal. Yet, the distance was standardized only by 1921. In 1984, during the Summer Olympic Games, the first marathon run for women was introduced. Moreover, traditionally the marathon run for men is held for the last day of the Olympic Games, finishing at the <strong>Olympic Stadium<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Covering such a distance is a difficult task to be carried out and requires a lot of effort and preparation; most athletes though do not aim at winning but mostly at conquering their personal goals as for finish time in their age and gender group -even finishing itself. Moreover, several strategies have been developed icluding running, walking and run\/walk. Due to the stress imposed on the athletes&#8217; organisms, suitable equipment (shoes in particular), food and regular drinking of water (typically 500 ml every 5-10 km) play a vital part.\u00a0Nowadays, more than 800 marathon runs take place every year around the world, mostly by amateur athletes -reaching tens of thousands participations, mostly for charity or recreational reasons. Several <strong>semi-marathons<\/strong> are also held worldwide.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Marathon<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The place took its name from the local hero <strong>Marathos<\/strong>, but also the fennel, marathon or marathos in Greek still to this day. In 1929 the <strong>Marathon Dam<\/strong>, just above the valley of Marathon, was completed for the water supply of Athens and the <strong>Lake of Marathon<\/strong> was created. Moreover, close to the town of Marathon lies the popular windsurfing spot and the <strong>Olympic Rowing Center<\/strong> of the beach of <strong>Schinias<\/strong>. In addition, the\u00a0sophist and magnate of the Roman period\u00a0<strong>Herodes Atticus<\/strong>, who among others built the famous <strong>Odeon<\/strong> on the foothills of the <strong>Acropolis<\/strong> was born in Marathon. Findings from the battle of Marathon and the area as a whole as well as the <strong>Egyptian Gods&#8217; Sanctuary<\/strong> are hosted in the <strong>Archaeological Museum of Marathon<\/strong>, which also includes a roofed tomb cemetery of 2000-1600 B.C. and the <strong>tomb of the Plataeans<\/strong>, fallen during the battle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/odysseus.culture.gr\/h\/1\/eh155.jsp?obj_id=3542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archaeological Museum of Marathon<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Marathon and the Battle<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>During the <strong>first Persian invasion in Greece<\/strong>, Persian forces landed in Marathon, in order to &#8220;punish&#8221; the Athenians for their support to Greek colonies of Asia Minor during the <strong>Ionian Revolt<\/strong>. The Greek forces of <strong>Athenians<\/strong> and <strong>Plataeans<\/strong> under the Athenian general <strong>Miltiades<\/strong>, despite their heavy lack in numbers, blocked the two exits of the plain of Marathon and gave the famous battle on a mountainous field with marshes, achieving a glorious victory against the invaders, routed in panic to their ships. It was the end of the first phase of the Greco-Persian Wars. Although the battle did not hurt that much the Persian Empire, it was the first Greek great victory against the &#8220;invincible&#8221; Persians &#8211; and without support from the <strong>Spartans<\/strong> &#8211; and strengthened the self-esteem of the Greeks and the <strong>Athenian democracy<\/strong> in particular, which thereafter entered its &#8220;golden&#8221; age and laid the foundations of <strong>Classical Greek Civilization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The battle was depicted in a mural in <strong>Stoa Poikile<\/strong> in Athens, while the Athenian and Plataean dead of Marathon were buried on the battlefield in <strong>two tumuli<\/strong>. On the tomb of the Athenians the following\u00a0epigram\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>Simonides<\/strong> was written:<\/p>\n<p>Fighting at the forefront of the Greeks, the Athenians at Marathon<br \/>\nlaid low the army of the gilded Medes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.athensauthenticmarathon.gr\/site\/index.php\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Athens Classic Marathon Run<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atgm.gr\/index.php\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander the Great Marathon Run<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Run Marathon run has been established in honor of the Athenean hoplite Pheidippides (other names alleged with him are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/?portfolio=marathon-run\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Marathon Run<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack-portfolio-type":[130],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1843","jetpack-portfolio","type-jetpack-portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","jetpack-portfolio-type-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/1843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/1843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1845,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/1843\/revisions\/1845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fjetpack-portfolio-type&post=1843"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sonnentours.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fjetpack-portfolio-tag&post=1843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}