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": "assistant", "content": "I abhor running! lol I could never run a marathon which is a long distance race with a distance of approximately 26 miles."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I don't like running either! It always makes my knees hurt. I would much rather ride a bike."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'd rather just lie in a beach chair! lol The marathon was actually one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, it's been going on for a while. I've been kind of interested in going to the Tokyo Event."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I didn't realize the next games were in Tokyo. They are thought of as the world's foremost sporting competition. Over 200 nationals typically compete in these events."}, {"role": "user", "content": "200 nations is a lot of countries. I wonder who doesn't go, lol. Yeah I love going to Japan. Maybe they will do better than the last several host."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "What is your favorite event? The Olympics are held every 4 years with an alternating schedule of summer and winter with a 2 year separation."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I always like to watch the gymnastics, but my family has always been super interested in the swimming events."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "My favorite event is women's gymnastics. The creation of the ancient Olympic games began in the 8th century BC and they were held in Olympia, Greece. I bet they looked a lot different then! lol"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah I heard they were started by the greeks and that only men competed and they competed without clothes."}]