Polytechnic Marathon City Stadium in front of the Royal Box, a distance that turned out to be 26 miles, 385 yards. There was immense public interest in the 1908 Olympic race, with its dramatic finish in which Dorando Pietri of Italy entered the stadium well clear of the field and staggered around the last lap to the finish line—only to be disqualified for receiving assistance. Building on this interest, "The Sporting Life" newspaper offered a magnificent trophy for an annual international marathon that would be second in importance only to the Olympic event itself. The Polytechnic Harriers were again asked to organise
Walt Disney World Marathon The Race Was Won: A Coming of Age Story About Running" through CreateSpace, chronicling his training and race experience and how his upbringing and faith contributed to his success. Walt Disney World Marathon The Walt Disney World Marathon is an annual marathon and weekend race series held every January in Orlando, Florida held by runDisney, a race series and division of Disney Sports Enterprises. The marathon weekend currently (as of 2006) includes a 5K, a 10K, a Half Marathon, and a Marathon, as well as the Goofy, Dopey, and Castaway Cay Challenge. The first marathon, run on January 1994, featured