The course of the Guernsey Marathon – one of the 101 races to run before you die according to popular Run Abroad website – takes you along some of the island’s most picturesque roads and lanes. Sunday 29th August 2010 marks 101 years since the first Guernsey Marathon – but it is also 2500 years since that first marathon experience: it was in 490 BC that Athenian herald Pheidippides brought the news of the Greeks’ victory over the Persians at Marathon by running the 26 miles from the battlefield to Athens!
Guernsey Marathon
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