, but Spiridon Louis gave thanks to Zeus all the way to his (clothed) marathon victory in 2:58:50.Unfortunately, the Olympic Marathon has been getting hotter ever since. The 1900 marathon started at 2.36pm under a 35°C Parisian sun. Twelve years later

has been studying questions like this for more than 20 years, in between running 58 marathons (with a 2:37 PB) and ultra-marathons. He is also a doctor of public health and a professor of exercise science at Appalachian State University in the USA. I

musculoskeletal pain" than the controls.Dr Bonnie Bruce, the principal investigator, is a doctor of public health as well as a registered dietitian and a marathon runner. I called her to find out why she chose to measure a subjective feeling such as pain rather