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Guides | australia’s 8 major marathons returning on the 2024 calendar if you’re looking to conquer one of the toughest individual sporting feats in 2024 — a marathon — then you’re in luck, australia has plenty to offer over. The marathon is seen as the ultimate long distance run, and originated at the first modern olympics in athens, greece in 1896, becoming standardised at 42.195km in 1921.