The race Marathon was named for the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger, who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon. It is said that once he told the assembly, "We have won," he collapsed and died. Recreational marathons typically do not have that sort of result, but today in the Detroit marathon, there were three deaths.Organizers stated that the Detroit marathon deaths involved a half-marathoner and two other runners, whose... Full Story