hope all those runners remembered to fall back this morning...
Interesting Marathon Factoid:
At the 1908 Olympic Games in London, the marathon distance was changed from 25 to 26 miles to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City stadium, with 385 yards added on so the race could finish in front of King Edward VII's royal box.
After 16 years of extremely heated discussion, this 26.2 mile distance was established at the 1924 Olympics in Paris as the official marathon distance. -Paul Ostapuk
Makes you proud to be British...
where AM I?
Sunday, November 1, 2009
happy ny marathon!
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Talking of being British, 'factoid'?!?!
This wouldn't mean you're getting Radio 2 on the internet, would it?
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