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Finisher - 107.5km - 14:20:43

An amazing experience with the best company!

Running an ultra is fight against your own limits, and I can confidently say for this one that they got a good slap!

Big thank you to the people who supported our effort! It has a huge impact in these rough situations.

Race History

Summer of 479 B.C

At the foot of Mount Cithaeron, outside the walls of Plataea on the plain, the most important and decisive battle of the Greeks against the Persians is made. The victory over the enemy is overwhelming; the Greeks once again had managed to stop the Persian invaders.

The remaining Persians after their overwhelming defeat retreat leaving behind ruined temples, burnt land and ruined altars. Following a consensus, the Greeks decide for the next 50 years not to restore any of the damaged sites, lest the younger generations forget the degree of the Persian barbarity.

The elation following the victory is overwhelming but the Plataeans remain restless. Plataeans consider their land is contaminated by the presence of the invaders. They agree that the inextinguishable fire of their city should be replaced with a new one from the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi.

The rulers of the city call immediately after the battle, for hoplite and hemerodromos (day runner) Euchidas. Resting after the battle is unthinkable and any delay for purgation is considered an insult to the Gods. His mission is to go to Delphi and bring back the purified fire from the sanctuary of Apollo.

Euchidas is exhausted after the battle but his mission is sacred. He departs right away running through ravines, mountains and paths to reach Delphi. Once there, he purifies himself at the Spring of Castalia, crowns himself with laurel and takes the purified fire from Apollo’s sanctuary. Euchidas returns to Plataea in approximately 24 hours having accomplished a distance of 1000 stades, almost 182 km (112 miles).

Euchidas greets his fellow citizens, delivers the sacred fire to the sovereigns, and immediately collapses and expires after a short time. In admiration of him, the Plataeans bury him in the sanctuary of Artemis Eucleia, and inscribe as epitaph this tetrameter: Euchidas ran to Delphi and back in one day.