I just found out today that there’s a city in Florida called Marathon. Letsrun should organize a marathon in Marathon and call it the Marathon Marathon.
I just found out today that there’s a city in Florida called Marathon. Letsrun should organize a marathon in Marathon and call it the Marathon Marathon.
You won't believe how marathon got its name. Hint: City in Greece.
Marathon Greece wrote:
You won't believe how marathon got its name. Hint: City in Greece.
Of course! Sounds like we should have two Marathon Marathons! Isn’t there also a gas company called Marathon? That could be the sponsor. Then the race could be called the Marathon Marathon Marathon!
Duh
LoneStarXC wrote:
Marathon Greece wrote:
You won't believe how marathon got its name. Hint: City in Greece.
Of course! Sounds like we should have two Marathon Marathons! Isn’t there also a gas company called Marathon? That could be the sponsor. Then the race could be called the Marathon Marathon Marathon!
And, don't forget Snickers marathon bars could also be a sponsor!
Mr Cornhole wrote:
Duh
I’d heard about the Greek city Marathon before. Not the Florida version though. ?
Don't forget Snickers marathon bars wrote:
LoneStarXC wrote:
Of course! Sounds like we should have two Marathon Marathons! Isn’t there also a gas company called Marathon? That could be the sponsor. Then the race could be called the Marathon Marathon Marathon!
And, don't forget Snickers marathon bars could also be a sponsor!
So the race’s name is the Snickers Marathon Marathon Marathon Marathon. Perfect! Are there any other potential sponsors called Marathon?
There's a Paris, Tennessee and a Paris, Texas!
Did you know wrote:
There's a Paris, Tennessee and a Paris, Texas!
Paris, Texas even has an Eiffel Tower!
LoneStarXC wrote:
Don't forget Snickers marathon bars wrote:
And, don't forget Snickers marathon bars could also be a sponsor!
So the race’s name is the Snickers Marathon Marathon Marathon Marathon. Perfect! Are there any other potential sponsors called Marathon?
There has to be at least one running store out there with marathon as/in its name.
That's a great find. Reminds me of how we have the Olympic peninsula, Olympic mountains, Olympic rainforests etc out here. They should organize the Olympic Marathon.
LoneStarXC wrote:
Did you know wrote:
There's a Paris, Tennessee and a Paris, Texas!
Paris, Texas even has an Eiffel Tower!
I wonder if Michael Jackson's daughter has ever been drunk there. Paris is plastered in Paris.
A city in Upstate NY is "Marathon," and 13 miles from Cortland, NY; it could make a good round-trip marathon run from Marathon to Cortland and back to Marathon.
The Florida town took its name from the 7-mile bridge there: building it was going to be a marathon. Approximately 1906, only about ten years after the first modern olympics popularized the term.
There's also a Marathon, NY and the Finger Lakes Marathon used to start in Ithaca and end in Marathon.
It's no longer run. It was a VERY hilly course.
LoneStarXC wrote:
Marathon Greece wrote:
You won't believe how marathon got its name. Hint: City in Greece.
Of course! Sounds like we should have two Marathon Marathons! Isn’t there also a gas company called Marathon? That could be the sponsor. Then the race could be called the Marathon Marathon Marathon!
Marathon, or Marathon Key is a narrow island in the Florida Keys. There are a few problems with hosting a marathon there. First, there is already a marathon in Key West, a much larger town. Second, there already is an ultra that runs through marathon. Third, route 1 through the keys is the only way in or out. To close it down so a town of 8000 (that seems like a stretch, this place is tiny) can host a marathon just for the sake of the town's name isn't likely, especially when the keys depend on beach tourism for their economy. They can't just be closing route 1 down all the time because someone thought it would be conducive to holding a marathon there because of a town name.
I like the keys, but other than the 7 mile bridge run and key west half, I'd never think of racing there.
The Snickers Marathon Marathon Marathon Marathon would be great for tourism. Lots of people who might not otherwise visit Florida would go there all at once. Is there a hotel in Marathon called Marathon Hotel or something? That could be the race hotel.
Shock with you wrote:
LoneStarXC wrote:
Paris, Texas even has an Eiffel Tower!
I wonder if Michael Jackson's daughter has ever been drunk there. Paris is plastered in Paris.
Paris Hilton plastered at the Hilton in Paris while high on plaster of Paris.
Has to be some shoe store out there wrote:
LoneStarXC wrote:
So the race’s name is the Snickers Marathon Marathon Marathon Marathon. Perfect! Are there any other potential sponsors called Marathon?
There has to be at least one running store out there with marathon as/in its name.
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