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A real Marathon man (lemmy.world)
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[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What was this person's name?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Funny question! The stories can't seem to agree. Pheidippides is the most common one, but there are at least a few other names claimed in Classical stories as the REAL name of the runner.

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was SpruceBringsteen I'm pretty sure

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Heard his name was Rick, actually