Marathon

List of Marathons in Europe

European Marathons

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The best Marathons in Europe, including Half Marathons, full Marathon and the ultimate Mountain races, over Marathon distance.
DATE	CITY	COUNTRY
Jan 21	Santa Pola Half Mraathon Spain
Jan 28	Pego Half Spain
February 2012 Feb 5 Midwinter Marathon New Apeldoorn Netherlands Feb 12 Schoorl Run Schoorl Netherlands Feb 19 Seville Marathon Seville Spain Feb 25 Bad Salzuflen Marathon Bad Salzuflen Germany Feb 25 Kiel Marathon Kiel Germany Feb 26 Land Rover Malta Marathon Mdina - Sliema Malta March 2012 Mar 3 Ultra Sport Club Marburg Marathon Marburg Germany Mar 4 Placentia Marathon for Unicef Piacenza Italy Mar 18 Limassol Marathon Limassol Cyprus Mar 18 Rome Marathon Rome Italy Mar 25 Marathon Catalunya - Barcelona Barcelona Spain NA Marathon de Monaco et des Riviera Monte Carlo Monaco April 2012 Apr 1 Connemara International Marathon Connemara Ireland Apr 7 North Pole Marathon North Pole Camp Russia Apr 15 Paris Marathon Paris France Apr 15 Milan City Marathon Milan Italy Apr 15 Vienna Marathon Vienna Austria Apr 22 Madrid Marathon Madrid Spain Apr 29 Hamburg Marathon Hamburg Germany
May 2012 May 6 Gutenberg Marathon Mainz Mainz Germany May 6 Regensburg Marathon & Half Marathon Regensburg Germany May 13 Prague International Marathon Prague Czech Republic May 20 Copenhagen Marathon Copenhagen Denmark May 20 Rhein-Ruhr Marathon Duisburg Germany June 2012 June 2 Stockholm Marathon Stockholm Sweden June 10 Caen Marathon de la Liberte Caen France June 10 Eifel Marathon Bitburg Germany June 30 Midnight Sun Marathon Tromso Norway
July 2012 July 1 Mont Blanc Marathon Chamonix France TBC Jolster Marathon Jolster Norway July 22 Koenig Ludwig Marathon Fuessen Germany July 28 Swiss Alpine Marathon Davos Switzerland August 2012 TBC Siberian Marathon Omsk Russia Aug 12 Monschau Marathon Monschau Germany Aug Aug Reykjavik Marathon Reykjavik Iceland Galway City Marathon Galway Ireland September 2012 Sep 8-9 Jungfrau Marathon Interlaken Switzerland TBC International Vilnius Marathon Vilnius Lithuania TBC Moscow Marathon Moscow Russia Sep 23 H.C. Andersen Marathon Odense Denmark Sep 30 Berlin Marathon Berlin Germany TBC Oslo Marathon Oslo Norway TBC Warsaw Marathon Warsaw Poland October 2012 Oct 7 Budapest Marathon Budapest Hungary Oct 14 Graz Marathon Graz Austria Oct 14 Eindhoven Marathon Eindhoven Netherlands TBC Italian Marathon Memorial Enzo Ferrari Maranello Italy TBC Brussels Marathon Brussels Belgium TBC Cologne Marathon Cologne Germany Oct 21 Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam Netherlands TBC Polar Circle Marathon Kangerlassuaq Greenland TBC Dresden Marathon Dresden Germany TBC Ljubljana Marathon Ljubljana Slovenia TBC Venice Marathon Venice Italy Oct 28 Frankfurt Marathon Frankfurt Germany Oct 29 Dublin Marathon Dublin Ireland November 2012 Nov 11 Istanbul Marathon Istanbul Turkey TBC Rursee Marathon Simmerath-Einruhr Germany TBC Athens Marathon Athens Greece TBC Ticino Marathon Ticino Switzerland TBC Palermo Marathon Palermo Italy TBC Florence Marathon Florence Italy TBC San Sebastian Marathon San Sebastian Spain TBC Marathon Popular de Valencia Valencia Spain December 2012 TBC Lisbon Marathon Lisbon Portugal TBC Pisa Marathon Pisa Italy

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Marathon History

The Marathon has a proud history and is steeped in tradition. History records that in 490 BC a soldier named Pheidippides covered the distance from a battlefield near Marathon in Greece, to Athens in order to bring the news of a Greek victory over the Persians. At the end of this historical run he collapsed and died from the exertion.

The legend of the soldier was honoured in 1896, with a race from Marathon Bridge to the Olympic stadium in Athens, the run being the final event of the games.

Twenty-five runners lined up on that day, April 10th 1886, upon Marathon Bridge. The Greek, Spiridon Louis, a postal worker from the village of Marusi, did not disappoint. The enthusiastic crowd was waiting at the Panathenaic Stadium when he won the 24.85 mile race in a time of 2 hours 58min 50sec. He finished 7 minutes before the next competitor.

The Marathon as an event was now born. The first running of the now-famous Boston Athletic Association marathon's date was chosen to commemorate the famous ride of Paul Revere, remarkably similar in distance to the Marathon course as well as the fact that he also carried a message. The 24.7 mile course was from Metcalfe's Mill in Ashland, Mass to Boston's Irvingston St. Oval and was completed by 8 of the fifteen starters, with John J. Mc Dermott winning in a time of 2hrs 55min 10sec.

One could argue that the first London Marathon was in 1908, and you would not be wrong, but this was not repeated in 1909. Why? Because the 1908 London Olympic games hosted the first London Marathon

The distance was changed to 26 miles so that the event could finish in front of the royal box. It took another 16 years before the distance of 26.2 miles was introduced in Paris for the 1924 Olympics. This was the first time the Marathon was run over this new distance, but not the last

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