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The Spartathlon is part of the tradition of fascination with classical Greece (medium.com/the-economist)
35 points by Thevet on Dec 19, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


They replicate (almost) the distance but that is far from replicating the difficulty. Delete the flat paved road with its grades designed for rolling vehicles. Delete the modern shoes. Then you are starting to get somewhere near the original.


And for anyone interested the record for the race is 20:25:00 by the legendary Yannis Kouros.




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