
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Rob Jones joins us this week as he tells us all about his run from Athens to Sparta tracing the famous steps of Phidipidies. This 245km route was first run by the messenger in 490BC and is now an annual race, Sparathlon.
Key Highlights:
● The history of Spartathlon and its origins.
● The race's intense 36-hour time cap and varying cut-offs.
● The mental resilience required to tackle this ultra-endurance race.
4.9
3939 ratings
Rob Jones joins us this week as he tells us all about his run from Athens to Sparta tracing the famous steps of Phidipidies. This 245km route was first run by the messenger in 490BC and is now an annual race, Sparathlon.
Key Highlights:
● The history of Spartathlon and its origins.
● The race's intense 36-hour time cap and varying cut-offs.
● The mental resilience required to tackle this ultra-endurance race.
128 Listeners
6,605 Listeners
3,675 Listeners
1,251 Listeners
33 Listeners
298 Listeners
122 Listeners
5,716 Listeners
8 Listeners
23 Listeners
343 Listeners
28,442 Listeners
847 Listeners
1,944 Listeners
69 Listeners