Athletic and Cultural Club Athenian Runners (ATHINAIOI DROMEIS)

The Authentic Phidippides Run, one of the most extreme and demanding races in Greece celebrates Pheidippides’ heroic run from Athens to Sparta within 36 hours back in 490 BC.

The race has been organized yearly since 2015 and follows Pheidippes’ 490K route Athens-Sparta-Athens.

The race is organized by the Athletic and Cultural Club Athenian Runners (ATHINAIOI DROMEIS) in close collaboration with FAOS Mountaineering Club and follows the same route as the Spartathlon, but then goes back to Athens again.

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Pheidippides Feat

Athens, Greece

Sparta, Greece

Until more efficient ways of transport were developed, running was a common way to transfer a message. Especially in times of war it was important to have couriers with strong endurance, who could cover long distances as fast as possible. One of the most famous battles in world history was the Battle of Marathon, that took place 490 B.C. in Greece. It constituted a landmark and a starting point in the history of civilization. The traditional story as described by historian Herodotus tells that Pheidippides (530 BC–490 BC) was a message runner in Athens who was sent to Sparta to ask for help to defeat the Persians after their invasion in Marathon, Greece. He ran 246 km (152 mi) in...

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Authentic Phidippides Run

Nov 18, 2022

Athens, Greece

Nov 22, 2022

Athens, Greece

The Authentic Phidippides Run, one of the most extreme and demanding races in Greece, celebrates Pheidippides’ heroic run from Athens to Sparta within 36 hours, back in 490 BC. The race has been organized yearly since 2015 and follows Pheidippes’ 490K route Athens-Sparta-Athens. The race is organized by the Athletic and Cultural Club Athenian Runners (ATHINAIOI DROMEIS) in close collaboration with FAOS Mountaineering Club and follows the same route as the Spartathlon, but then goes back to Athens again. Copyrights: Athletic and Cultural Club Athenian Runners Image by Urban music

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