Scott Jurek to defend Spartathlon title; Run in the footsteps of Pheiddipides
Posted September 19th, 2007 at 10:00 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Trail / Ultra
In a recent blog post, America’s top ultra-elite runner Scott Jurek writes about his plans to defend his title at the 25th annual Spartathlon.
The Spartathlon is a legendary, 152.85 mile (246 km) ultramarathon race held in Greece since 1983 between Athens and Sparta. Now in it’s 25th year, the Spartathlon will take place from September 28-29, when in excess of 300 international runners will participate in the classic event.
In 2006, Jurek became the first American man to ever win the Sparathlon; crossing the finish line in a time of 22:52:18
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Tags: athens, jens lucas, mark gosdale, markus thalmann, Pheiddipides, Scott Jurek, sparta, spartathlon, ultramarathon, valmir nunes, Yiannis Kouros
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