[originaltext] Few Americans stay put for a lifetime. They move from town to

Few Americans stay put for a lifetime. They move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where they raise their children to the home where they plan to live in retirement. With each move they are forever making new friends, who become part of their new life at that time.

Sport is full of wonderful moments, but perhaps nothing is as exciting as the finish of the marathon. It is the longest, hardest race of all. The name "marathon" comes from a village in Greece. A famous baffle was fought there in the year 490B.C, When Greek had beaten the Persian, a soldier ran all the way from Marathon to Athens—more than 40 Kilometers—to tell people the good news. When the modem Olympic Games were started in 1896, the organizers knew this story. The Marathon has been a race since then.