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 want to run a long distance marathon"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah? I am training for one at the moment. Have you ever run much?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "First time but its a 26 mile race"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes I know. It's a long way! Usually you will want to train for about 24 weeks before attempting to run one."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It started to commenorate the run of the Greek Soldier"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, I heard this story before. Why did he run anyways?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not sure but the marathon was one of the original olympic events in 1896"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Cool. I heard that women were not allowed to run marathons initially as well."}]