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BY GRANT STODDARD
ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOSH COCHRAN
TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED YEARS
AGO, A RUNNER DELIVERED
NEWS THAT WOULD MARK THE
BEGINNING OF THE MODERN
WORLD—ANDWITH IT, THE
OLYMPIC MARATHON. TODAY,
ONE UNREPENTANTLY OUT-
OF-SHAPE WRITER TRAVELS TO
GREECE TO RETRACE
HIS FOOTSTEPS.
IN THE PROCESS, HE FINDS A
NATION TRANSFORMED.
(AND FOOT PAIN. LOTS OF FOOT PAIN.)
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