Athens in 2013
Back to the index Celebrating my 50 in style! This year I was going to celebrate my 50th birthday, so I wanted to do something special for the occasion. How about running the original marathon , the one that gave birth to all others? A pretty good idea, isn't it? So, off to Greece we go! A little bit of history "The marathon course is based on the myth from which the race gained its name: Pheidippides, a messenger in Ancient Greece, ran from the Battle of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greeks' victory over the Persians." ( Wikipedia article on the Athens Marathon) Sightseeing before the race My wife and I arrived in Greece ten days before the race and spent our time there sightseeing. This was our third time in Greece, so we kind of know the place by now... ;-) We went to see the Parthenon, of course: We did a cruise by boat: I went to Delphi to ask the oracle there for a safe race... ;-): Days before the race I visited the Pan