This is not about me running a marathon.  I only run when being chased, I am built more for comfort than speed.  I was recently talking to Yumiko and she mentioned that she would be running a marathon this weekend.  I asked her “is it honolulu marathon time again?”  She replied “no, she is just running at kapiolani park for a benefit, about 6 miles.”  So I tried to explain to her that when using marathon it usually refers to a distance of 26 miles.  I told her the story about how the marathon got it’s start.  Michiko heard and thought it was a great story and that I should write about it.  Well the marathon got it’s beginings in greece, during an invasion of the persian army.  A messenger was sent to warn the capital about the oncoming invasian.  During this period in history the persian army was the biggest army the world had ever seen.  The messenger ran as quickly as he could for 26 miles where he delivered the message and upon delivery said message died from the ardous journey.  Now in his memory they have marathon games.