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The legend of Pheidippides has idealized the messenger for long. The courier in ancient Greece ran about 42 km (26 miles) from the Battle of Marathon to Athens to deliver the message of victory —" Nike" — and died of exhaustion immediately after. The legend is inaccurate; more realistic estimates say the man who inspired the modern marathon ran 450 km over 10 days to deliver messages asking for reinforcements. 

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