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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/ultramarathon-superstar-scott-jurek-to-defend-spartathlon-title/">Scott Jurek to defend Spartathlon title; Run in the footsteps of Pheiddipides</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted September 19, 2007 at 04:49 AM by Martin Kennedy</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">In a recent blog post, America’s top ultra-elite runner Scott Jurek writes about his plans to defend his title at the 25th annual Spartathlon.&nbsp; The Spartathlon is a legendary, 152.85 mile (246 km) ultramarathon race held in Greece since 1983 between Athens and Sparta.&nbsp; Now in it’s 25th year, the Spartathlon will take place from September 28-29, when in excess of 300 international runners will participate in the classic event. In 2006, Jurek became the first American man to ever win the Sparathlon; crossing the finish line in a time of 22:52:18. In his blog entry, Jurek writes: I’m happy to officially announce I will be going back to Spartathlon this year. It is coming up quickly and I have been able to get in excellent training upon returning…<a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/ultramarathon-superstar-scott-jurek-to-defend-spartathlon-title/">(<a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/ultramarathon-superstar-scott-jurek-to-defend-spartathlon-title/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/ultramarathon-superstar-scott-jurek-to-defend-spartathlon-title/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/comment/ultramarathon-superstar-scott-jurek-to-defend-spartathlon-title/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/archive/category/destinations/">destinations</a>, <a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/archive/category/international/">international</a>, <a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/archive/category/news/">news</a>, <a href="http://www.trailfit.com/outdoors/archive/category/ultramarathons/">ultramarathons</a><br /><br /> </P>