1.0Wide Anglehttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangleadminhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="H31mdXNpvN"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/race-guide-extreme-marathons-5/871/">Race Guide: Extreme Marathons</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/race-guide-extreme-marathons-5/871/embed/#?secret=H31mdXNpvN" width="600" height="338" title="“Race Guide: Extreme Marathons” — Wide Angle" data-secret="H31mdXNpvN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> The inspiration for today’s marathon and ultra-marathon comes from an ancient Greek messenger named Pheidippides. Legend has it that in 490 B.C.E. Pheidippides ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens, delivered the news of the Greek victory, and then dropped dead. Pheidippides had earlier run 150 miles to Sparta in an unsuccessful effort to gain […]https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/files//home/wnetwp/webroot/wnet/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2008/06/ig_pic1.jpg