Displaying items by tag: athens authentic marathon

Whenever runners participating in the original marathon route experience a unique thrill. This year, however, there was a much stronger reason, apart from the run.

More than 55,000 runners will run in the three marathon races, breaking  every attendance record.

The streets of Athens were filled with more than 50,000 runners taking part in the 34th Athens Authentic Marathon this Sunday, which was dedicated to the memory of Grigoris Lambrakis. 
Spotted among them were many politicians and MPs attempting the shorter 5km run, including Potami Party leader Stavros Theodorakis, Democratic Alliance MP and former minister Andreas Loverdos and New Democracy MP and former minister Adonis Georgiadis.