Battle of Marathon the Athenian army marched the 40 kilometers (25 miles) or so back to Athens at a very high pace (considering the quantity of armour, and the fatigue after the battle), in order to head off the Persian force sailing around Cape Sounion. They arrived back in the late afternoon, in time to see the Persian ships turn away from Athens, thus completing the Athenian victory. Later, in popular imagination, these two events were conflated, leading to a legendary but inaccurate version of events. This myth has Pheidippides running from Marathon to Athens after the battle, to announce the Greek victory
Twenty-Five Miles remix of this version was used as the theme song for NFL Network's coverage of the 2011 NFL scouting combine. The song was used by Visa in their 2016 global Olympic campaign film. The song also shares strong similarities to the theme song for As it Happens Curried Soul by Moe Koffman Edwin Starr's version appeared in the 1987 film "Adventures in Babysitting" and in the 2016 Visa Commercial "Carpool - Road to Rio with Team USA Athletes". The song was featured playing after the opening scene of "Bad Times at the El Royale", when it transitions to 1969. Twenty-Five