![]() ![]() You have to watch them for a long time before you can figure out whether they’re still alive. “ Even dogs just lie down in the shade and don’t move a muscle. ![]() By himself and “backwards” – beginning, that is, at the Panathenaic Stadium and ending in Marathon – in order to avoid the traffic in the center of Athens and the heat. And with the enthusiasm brought by a newly discovered love of running, he decided to run the classic Marathon route. He came to Athens in July of 1983, in order to write a travel article. ![]() He is the novelist Haruki Murakami and “what he’s done” is to run, alone, the legendary distance of 42.2 km that separates Marathon and Athens. Congratulations.”**Ī short while later at the village café, he will finally enjoy the ice-cold Amstel beer that he has been dreaming about for the past 4 hours. “When the old man at the gas station hears what I’ve done, he snips off some flowers from a potted plant and presents me with a bouquet. ![]()
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