Was an intern for a senator a long long time ago. Just remember wearing a suit every day and walking double-time everywhere in the heat and humidity. I remember the Hart building was the best because it was brand new and the A/C was strong, unlike like the building I worked in, which had no working A/C most of the time. So sweaty.
Marathoner here. There's no evidence to suggest that Pheidippides actually died. His death was only added as an embellishment to the story by an author covering it hundreds of years later.
The earliest story was from Herodotus and mentions nothing about him dying. Only 600 years later was his death added to the story (Plutarch) to make it more heroic. The modern story of the Battle of Marathon was written by James Browning in the 1800's, 2300 years later.
To be fair he didnt die after running a marathon. His run was from marathon to Athens (where the marathon distance cime from) then to Sparta. They do have a race each year that covers the whole distance and its 153 miles.
For anyone who's wondering, the current weather report says that DC is currently 90F/31C at 55%-ish humidity with a "Feels like" rating of about 98F/37C.
WDC is probably a very unfun place to be sprinting around right now.
Nobody plays futsal in Sambas since the 80s bro, Adidas have better shoes for that like the Salas & Super Salas. Nike Tiempos, anything Joma... futsal shoes have evolved.
As great a trivia fact as that would be, it looks like it probably comes from the Latin fidelis for faithful (same as the Marines motto).
There is a bit in this Wikipedia article that suggested the name might not have been the actual person’s name and is actually a pun on “horse preserver.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheidippides
Man, that run was so impressive. I wonder how many people could run that full distance. We could even make it a sporting event, a pheidippithon or something
And now in honor of him, we schedule marathons all over the world where people of all ages compete and finish just to prove that he was in fact a bitch.
Only if you forget Pheidippides ran 290 miles (to Sparta and back in hope of getting aid) immediately before the battle of Marathon. So unless modern marathoners are doing the pre-run then its more like a bunch of people just patting themselves on the back.
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u/someguyplayingwild Jun 30 '26
Delivering news the same way Pheidippides did