MARATHON CLASSIQUE D'ATHÈNES

Considered to be the most difficult marathon in the world, since athletes and participants have to run 10 km uphill for a total distance of 42 km, the race takes place every year in early November. From the Marathon mound, the symbolic starting point, to the finish line at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, the route is modeled after the race of Phidippides, the Greek soldier who announced the victory of the Greek army against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.