The marathon is a running event to commemorate the trek of a Greek messenger (Phidippides) from the plain of Marathon to Athens to report a great military victory in 490 BC.  It was first introduced at the 1896 (Athens) Olympics and covered a distance of only 25 miles.  That distance was increased to 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers) at the 1908 (London) Olympics to accommodate the Queen's request to watch the start of the race from her palace.   Joan Benoit Samuelson (USA) won a gold medal in the first ever women's marathon at the 1984 (Los Angeles) Summer Olympics.

Name	Date	Clock	Age-Adj	Dist	Comment ...
Portland	09/30/90	3:54	3:34	Mar
Capital City	05/20/90	4:02	3:41	Mar	Injured in race
Portland	09/24/89	3:40	3:23	Mar
Trail's End	02/25/89	4:25	4:06	Mar
Portland	09/25/88	3:33	3:17	Mar
Capital City	07/24/88	3:31	3:15	Mar
Trail's End	02/27/88	3:45	3:30	Mar
Portland	09/27/87	3:23	3:10	Mar	BQ #9
Capital City	07/26/87	3:43	3:29	Mar	State #3
Trail's End	02/28/87	3:58	3:45	Mar
Trail's End	02/22/86	3:54	3:43	Mar
Humboldt Redwoods	10/13/85	3:43	3:32	Mar
Portland	09/29/85	3:58	3:46	Mar
Phidippides	04/14/85	3:54	3:43	Mar
Trail's End	02/23/85	3:57	3:48	Mar
Nike-OTC	09/09/84	3:18	3:10	Mar	BQ #8
Gales Creek Valley	06/03/84	3:23	3:15	Mar
Phidippides	04/08/84	3:28	3:21	Mar
Trail's End	02/25/84	3:34	3:27	Mar
Nike-OTC	09/11/83	3:47	3:40	Mar
Crater Lake	08/06/83	4:39	4:30	Mar	Brutal hills, 7500 ft
Gales Creek Valley	06/05/83	3:27	3:20	Mar
Avenue of the Giants	05/01/83	3:36	3:29	Mar
Roseburg Track Club 50K	04/16/83	4:37	4:28	50Km	Retired from ultra-marathons
Phidippides	03/27/83	3:19	3:14	Mar	BQ #7

BQ = Boston Qualifier

PR = Personal Record

DBL = 2 in 2 days

BTB = 2 in 8 days