avid marathoners are an extremely particular breed of people. some people call them crazy, and some call them super-humans. they might be right, but those who dare to refer to marathoning as a “hobby” are most definitely wrong. marathoning is a way of life—evolving out of a rich history of honor, dedication, and physical endurance—that [...]

The history of the race. The tale upon which the modern Olympic Marathon rests is the mythic run of Pheidippides from Marathon to Athens. He was a professional messenger and, in 490BC, is supposed to have brought a message from the plains of Marathon, where the Greek Army had just won a crucial battle against [...]

Visual Communication by Johnathan Baldwin. 74-77, 96-97. What is culture? Critiques of mass culture. Sub and counter cultures. Raymond Williams culture: 1. the process of a society’s intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development. 2. The particular way of life of a people, period or group. 3. The works and practices of intellectual and especially artistic activity. [...]