We hold training runs throughout the week. Local and international marathons pop up, time to time. We organize trips. As a team. Join us!
In 490 BC, a soldier named Pheidippides ran 42 kilometres. Without stopping.
A young Greek soldier had to deliver urgent word from Marathon to Athens: the Greeks had won the war.
Pheidippides collapsed when he reached Athens. He was dead right after announcing the news.
But this act of desperation slowly turned into an act of glory, with runners competing to conquer the very distance that once killed its pioneer messenger.
Running evolved ever since.
Some went to stadiums to compete. Others practiced for the sake of it, just to run.
Socrates was a soldier runner. Perfect shape. Malcolm Gladwell still runs his Strava account, sharing weekly distances with whoever watches. Alan Turing, the computer scientist everyone quotes, almost qualified for the Olympics. He ran to work.
Pursuing knowledge opens gates. Pushes people up ladders. But somewhere along the way, many forget that physical stamina matters equally.
They forget that the body teaches the mind what willpower means.
Postscript: the picture depicts Alan Turing finishing a race, 1946.
Marathon-running started in ancient Greece. A coincidence or not, it will continue in our Agora.
The running community will include writers, researchers, founders, and students.
Occasionally, we organize marathon trips. Internationally, when we have enough money. Locally, when we seek fun and memories.
Come find us Saturday morning.