Né en 1921 en hommage aux soldats tombés pendant la Grande Guerre, le Comrades Marathon (environ 90 km, en Afrique du Sud) est devenu le plus grand et le plus ancien ultra-marathon du monde. Retour sur son histoire, sa règle du coup de feu et son esprit Ubuntu, où la communauté compte plus que le chrono.
En 490 avant J.-C., un messager athénien nommé Pheidippides aurait parcouru 246 kilomètres en un jour et demi pour rallier Sparte avant la bataille de Marathon. Deux mille cinq cents ans plus tard, des coureurs s'élancent chaque automne sur cette même route - avec 36 heures pour en ressortir vivants. Bienvenue à la Spartathlon.
Derrière l'Autriche, la Hongrie et l'URSS de la guerre froide, un marathon discret en Tchécoslovaquie a tissé les premières amitiés qui ont donné naissance à la revue Spiridon. Retour sur le Marathon de Košice.
In 1962, Käthi Knuchel completed the Biel 100km race. A rare archive that reveals a forgotten path of women's running.
Murten-Fribourg, a legendary Swiss race, was also a symbol of freedom for running. In 1975, Odette and Joseph Vetter ran it in Spiridon gear despite women being forbidden from competing.
The MIUT in Madeira is a unique crossing between ocean, ridges, Laurisilva forest and dizzying trails. A race selected by Spiridon.
The 20 km of Brussels, a legendary race born in 1980, tells the story of a popular race that has become a major European running event.
The Barkley Marathons, a legendary race in Tennessee, embodies a free and radical vision of running, deeply connected to the Spiridon spirit.
The cradle of the myth
The Boston Marathon is the oldest marathon in the world, established in 1897 , a year after the Athens Olympic Games. It quickly became a benchmark with its unique course and atmosphere.
Created in 1952 as a simple winter hike between Saint-Étienne and Lyon, the SaintéLyon was anything but a race at the outset. At that time, running at night in winter was almost utopian. The first participants, headlamps in hand and city shoes on their feet, braved the cold, the snow, and the slippery trails in a spirit of adventure and camaraderie.
