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The Olympic marathon starts on the track for one lap and they leave the 
stadium and run the course coming back onto the track for the last lap 
or so. As Kat points out - there is a lot of other things ongoing in 
both the track and field events. In reality - interest starts to wain in 
watching track events longer than a 1500 meters. Four times around the 
track is about it. That's not a new thing - that has always seemed to be 
the case.

The reason the marathon is part of the Olympics is the Greek military 
tradition.

Truman

k s swigart wrote:
> >     
>
> Actually, marathons (which only take 2+ hours not 10+) aren't really
> spectator sports either and the only thing that anybody pays to watch in
> the Olympic marathon is runners crossing the finish line, and even that
> happens between the other events that the people are there really to
> watch...like the 100 m dash.  And, I contend, the only reason it is
> included is...tradition.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
> "If the end justifies the means, everybody is justified." John G. Beck,
> PhD
>
>
>
>   


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smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
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