i like running in marathons.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The marathon is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 miles, or 26 miles 385 yards), usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory. The marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896, though the distance did not become standardized until 1921. More than 800 marathons are held throughout the world each year, with the vast majority of competitors being recreational athletes as larger marathons can have tens of thousands of participants. The name \"Marathon\" comes from the legend of Philippides or Pheidippides, the Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon (in which he had just fought), which took place in August or September, 490 BC. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming (\"nenik\u0113kamen\", \"we have won! \"), before collapsing and dying. The account of the run from Marathon to Athens first appears in Plutarch's \"On the Glory of Athens\" in the 1st century AD, which quotes from Heraclides Ponticus's lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do 3 to 4 marathon a year and enjoy that every time. Even if it's very hard."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I have watched a few marathons on television, I myself have never partook in one. I can only imagine how had it must be."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes it is. Especially when we come near the end"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I am sure there are a great deal of marathons every year, 800 or more of all different lengths. I would also think different skill levels as well such as recreational athletes to full time experts."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes. To get to finish one it takes a lot of preparation. Starting with recreational is perfect."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I believe that the marathon was an original olympic event in the late 1800's with the distance to follow suit in the early 1900's. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is true. In Athen in 1896 and also in Paris in 1900. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I also think that the marathon fall under the umbrella of the track and field events. Such events included jumping and running and throwing all of which would help condition for the long distance runner."}]