Although probably the greatest runner of ancient Greece, it was not Phidippides who ran what we call a marathon. The modern sport of marathon running comes from another runner's return from the ...

The lifestyle of elite professional sportsmen in ancient Greece and Rome was comparable to that of a celebrity today.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The first recorded running event was held way back in 76 BC in Olympia, Greece. It was a stadium footrace – a sprint that marked the ...