With great joy, the Greeks sent Pheidippides, a soldier whowas good at running, back to Athens to tell their people the news ofvictory.The distance from Marathon to Athens was about 26 miles.Pheidippides was eager to get to Athens as soon as possible, so he ranthe whole distance without stopping. He was very tired, but he did notgive up.He kept on running and running. When he finally got to thecity of Athens, he couldn't move any more. He shouted,“Good news!We have won!” Then, he fell down and died. The story of Pheidippideshas been told for more than two thousand years.