"It doesn't matter whether you come in first,

in the middle of the pack,or last. You can say,

—Fred Lebow, co-founder of the New York City Marathon

Running

Running was officially born as a sport in 776 B.C.E, in ancient Greece, in the town of Olympia.

The first event in the first Olympics ever held was a race. In fact, from its inception to 724 B.C.E.,

the stadion race was the only competition hosted at the Olympics. Before that running was

mainly used as something of a tool that people possessed that allowed them to avoid dangers.

Running is both a competition and a type of training for sports that have runningr or endurance

components. As a sport, it is split into events divided by distance.
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