GYM & TONIC

The first marathon was invented because someone refused to admit they were lost. Cardio as denial.

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The marathon commemorates the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger who supposedly ran from Marathon to Athens. The modern marathon was introduced at the 1896 Olympics.

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