101. Olympic Sports History - Marathon olympic Marathon history read the unique history of marathonrunning and all the events as an olympics sport. http://www.athenshousing.com/olympicshistory/OlympicSports/marathon.html

Home Check Availability Browse Accommodations Buy Olympic Event Tickets ... Submit A Special Request Olympic Sports History MARATHON Although it has roots in Greek legend, the marathon is one of the most modern of races. The legend grew up around a famous battle that took place in 490 B.C., when Athenian troops defeated a large Persian invasion force on the plain of Marathon, about 25 miles from Athens. According to Herodotus, the Athenians sent a military courier named Phidippides (or Pheidippides or Philippides) to request help from Sparta. He covered the distance, about 150 miles, in less than two days. About 600 years later, the legend arose that Phidippides had been sent to Athens to bring news of the victory at Marathon. After reaching the city, he said, "Rejoice, we conquer," and then died of the exertionor so the story went. The legend is almost certainly untrue, but it was generally believed in the late 19th century. One believer was French historian and linguist Michele Breal. As plans took shape for the first modern Olympics at Athens in 1896, Breal proposed re-enacting Phidippides' legendary run. He even offered to put up a silver trophy for the winner. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics, embraced the idea enthusiastically, as did the Athenian organizers. So a 40-kilometer (24.8-mile) race called the marathon was the final, climactic event at the 1896 Olympics.

102. History Of The Olympic Discovery Trail history of the Trail. trestle is a critical link in a stretch of corridor runningalong the Paving of the trail between Gasman Road and Old olympic Highway was http://www.olympicdiscoverytrail.com/pages/history.htm

OlympicDiscoveryTrail.com History of the Trail Olympic Discovery Trail Status Report: February 4, 2002 Prepared by Rich James Clallam County has been very successful in leveraging a small amount of local trail funding to compete for federal and state trail building dollars. In the time period from 1995 through the end of 2001 almost 73% of trail funding had come from federal or state sources. In the years 2000, 2001 and 2003 Clallam County received a series of federal grants that provided 100% federal funding for construction of the Olympic Discovery Trail. These grants will provide Clallam County with the opportunity to complete a majority of the trail system connecting Blyn, Sequim, Port Angeles and Forks within the next ten year time period. Clallam County will emerge from this decade with a non-motorized trail system that rivals the quality and safety of its motorized transportation system. A growing number of Clallam County residents living near urban areas are already beginning to enjoy the newfound ability to safely commute to work and shop downtown utilizing a traffic separated trail instead of their cars. Growth in this trend can provide a small measure of congestion relief to the busy Highway 101 corridor. The background of the Olympic Discovery Trail project begins with the construction of the first railroad grades in Clallam County since much of the route is located on historic railroad grades. The Seattle, Port Angeles and Western Railway lines were laid between Port Angeles and Discovery Bay in 1914 and 1915. At Discovery Bay, the Seattle, Port Angeles and Western Railway lines tied into the Port Townsend and Southern lines built in 1887.

103. Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com are to be held, using a series of torches carried by people running, walking, riding Historyof the Torch The tradition of the olympic flame began http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/

Become a member of Enchanted Learning. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year (transaction via PayPal Other Amount (transaction via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. EnchantedLearning.com The Olympic Games: Winter 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, was where the year 2002 Winter Olympics were held. For information on Utah, click here . For a page on Utah's flag, click here The year 2002 Winter Olympic Games are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The opening ceremonies were on February 8, 2002. The closing ceremonies were on Sunday, February 24, 2002. The events in the Winter Olympics include: ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton (a type of sledding), curling, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, slalom, downhill (Alpine) skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined (skiing plus ski jumping), and biathlon (skiing and shooting). The Flag of the Olympic Games The flag of the Olympic Games has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) on a white ground. The rings represent the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic movement: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. The motto of the Olympic Games is "Citius, altius, fortius" (meaning "Faster, higher, stronger" in Latin).

104. Ancient Sports: Pentathlon Ancient olympic Events. Anthropology. This was a 5event combinationof discus, javelin, jumping, running and wrestling. Aristotle http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/pentathlon.html

Ancient Olympic Events Boxing Equestrian events Chariot racing Riding ... Pankration Pentathlon Discus Javelin Jump Running ... Wrestling Pentathlon Philadelphia MS2444 Side A: trainer watching wrestlers Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology This was a 5-event combination of discus, javelin, jumping, running and wrestling. Aristotle describes a young man's ultimate physical beauty: "a body capable of enduring all efforts, either of the racecourse or of bodily strength...This is why the athletes in the pentathlon are most beautiful." (Aristotle, Rhetoric Discus Boston 01.8020 Tondo: discus thrower Photograph courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The ancient Greeks considered the rhythm and precision of an athlete throwing the discus as important as his strength. The discus was made of stone, iron, bronze, or lead, and was shaped like a flying saucer. Sizes varied, since the boys' division was not expected to throw the same weight as the mens'. Javelin Boston 98.876

105. Union Internationale De Pentathlon Moderne was held over four days with either running and shooting women to compete in the Sydney2000 Olympics Games For the first time in history, the Pentathlon venues http://www.pentathlon.org/history_of.cfm

106. Permanent Exhibition In the Virtual Viren running Simulator the museum guests metre final at the MontrealOlympic Games of A separate video program presents the history of Finnish http://www.urheilumuseo.org/museo_eng/museum/mus_exhib.htm

PERMANENT EXHIBITION In the Virtual Viren Running Simulator the museum guests can join the famous final lap of the 5,000-metre final at the Montreal Olympic Games of 1976 - and perhaps beat our champion Lasse Viren. At Kino Nurmi, the video theatre of the Sports Museum, the museum guests can watch clips from the greatest moments of Finnish sports. A separate video program presents the history of Finnish motor sports. The gilded shoe of Paavo Nurmi Paavo Nurmi (born 13 June 1897, died 2 October 1973) was the greatest long-distance runner of all time. He won a total of nine gold and three silver medals at three Olympic Games in the 1920's. The gilded shoe of Paavo Nurmi is the most famous exhibit of the Sports Museum. The spike shoe was gilded for the 1939 New York World's Fair. It was put on display in the Finnish Pavilion in order to promote the 1940 Olympic Games in Helsinki. These Games were cancelled due to the Second World War, however. Paavo Nurmi donated the gilded shoe to the Sports Museum in 1943, when the Museum was opened in its present location at the Olympic Stadium.

107. Olympic Games Web Sites, Sydney, Atlanta, Athens ... A list of links to summer Olympics sites. http://www.runnersweb.com/running/olympics.html

COUNTDOWN Days Hours Mins 2004 GAMES Updated: June 5, 2004 Athens 2004 Official Site Salt Lake City Winter Olympics 2002 - Runner's Web Coverage Links Greek Webguide Sports Olympic News Feed Olympic Site Links Listen to the special Olympic welcome rap song, Say g'day in your own way (Words and music by Ryan Griffith) Real Audio 2004 Olympics Webzine 2008 New Beijing Great Olympics 2008 Toronto Olympic Bid Headlines ... Athens, Greece 2004 Archive Slam! Sports Atlanta Games 1996 NY Times (The) Australian Sydney Olympics and Paralympics Australian Broadcasting Corporation Olympics Site BBC Sport - Olympics 2000 BBC Sport - Olympics 2004 Beijing Olympics 2008 ... CNNSI Olympic Medal Hopeful Photo Essays Men CNNSI Olympic Medal Hopeful Photo Essays Women CompuServe Olympics Page Cool Running Australia Dallas Morning News: Olympics Denver Post Olympics ... ESPN Summer Olympics 2000 EuroSport Olympic Games FT Sports.com Olympics 2000 Fox Sports Australia Athens 2004 GamesBids.com "An Authoritative Review of Olympic Bid Business" GamesBids.com Forum

108. XpeditionGold.com Dutch Women 470 Sailing Team Dedicated to the Dutch women 470 Sailing team running for the Olympics Athens 2004. http://www.xpeditiongold.com

Surf the main features of Sailing1st.com News - Read news of the regatta sailing community Events - View upcoming int/nat/reg events worldwide Results - View results on events worldwide Web Cams - Real Time view at venues worldwide MySailing - Join the Regatta Sailing Community Pre Olympic Test Event Athens, Greece ISAF World Sailing Championships Cadiz, Spain Dutch Champion!!!!!!!!!!!! Dutch Championships (Hoorn - 9/25/2002) What a few days at hoome can do to you! We won the Dutch championships! We've got the blue ribbon and beat all the girls and boys! Full Article World championship part 2 World championship (Hoorn - 6/16/2002) The regatta has ended. The result is not what we wanted it to be. It's not good enough and it's not nice to end the season like this. Full Article World championships part 1 World championships part 1 (Cagliary - 9/5/2002) Today we hard the first start of our worldchampionship in Cagliary, Italy. Straight after the pre olympics in Athens we came here and have been training almost every day. The weather has been fantastic and it will be hard to sail back in Holland!

109. Cool Running :: Running Run Training Marathon Runners Jogging Jogger Joggers Run Cool running is the complete online resource for runners, offering the Web's most comprehensive race calendar, race results listings, training advice, interactive tools and a vibrant online Ago http://www.coolrunning.com/

[In Races/Results] June 7, 2004 : Many races claim to be a classic, but few truly live up to the billing. Here is one race that is the “class” of all “classic” New England summer evening events. The 44th Annual Yankee Homing 10-Miler Classic will take place Tuesday evening August 3. By Dave Camire Also: Also: The Applefest Half Marathon and two-person relay is one of the best in the country. It has it allhistory, tradition, wonderful awards, plentiful food, and terrific organization; it runs through beautiful autumn foliage in a tour of inspiring and quaint small-town America. Also: Also: A Celebration of Our Olympic Heritage as Lowell gears up for the James Andromedas 5-Mile Road Race. Also: Also: Christy Nielsen-Crotts is the “girl who runs on Highway 92 in Iowa.” I’ve had just about every overuse injury in the book. If I haven’t had it, I’ve read about it in my search to understand my injuries. Also: > SheRuns - a "Zine" written by Women for Women Also: Cool Running Gear! Show your membership in the Web's most active community of runners with your own Cool Running racing singlet or fleece running gear.

110. Athens Marathon - About Us - was established at the 1924 Olympics in Paris Today, marathons have become a runningtradition throughout the looks forward to sharing the history and culture http://www.athensmarathon.com/marathon/history.html

Athens Marathon, Athens Greece - Apostolos Greek Tours, Inc. Apostolos Greek Tours, Inc. is the Official Authorized North American Representative for the Athens Marathon in Greece. Quick Find.... 11 Day Tour 6 Day Tour Minimal Support Package Booking forms for tours Entry form for marathon Photo Album FAQ Comments from participants Site Map About the marathon Map of Course About the tour History of the marathon Request information packet 2003 race results NEW THIS YEAR Marathon Souvenirs In training for the Athens Marathon? Click Here to get your In-Training T-Shirt Online Booking TOUR PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE AIRFARE This year's tour prices DO NOT include airfare. The reason for this is to offer you maximum flexibility. BEST AIRFARES For Airfares please call Jill at Quality Travel L.L.C. For Apostolos Greek Tours, Inc., call 303-755-2888. CHOOSE FROM THESE TOUR PACKAGES: If you want to truly experience the magic and antiquity of Greece and the Marathon, this is the choice for you. You'll be headquartered in the Aegean resort community of Vouliagmeni. Daily runs and clinics with Jeff Galloway. Lots of sightseeing, guided tours and Apostolos' superb runner support at the Marathon. Price: $2,495.00 USD (Per person, double occupancy. Single supplement: $325.00) A shorter version of the above, for those who have limited time. Price: $1,597.00 USD (Per person, double occupancy. Single supplement: $175.00)

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