Although historically inaccurate, the legend of the Greek messenger Pheidippides running to Athens with news of the victory became the inspiration for this athletic event, introduced at the 1896 Athens Olympics, and originally run between Marathon and Athens.

Although Canada is internationally a fairly strong country in diving, the vast majority of Canadian high schools and universities do not have diving teams, and many Canadian divers accept athletic scholarships from American colleges.

Although short, standing at 1. 67m ( 5 ft 6 in ) Prost was an active, athletic child, who enthusiastically took part in diverse sports, including wrestling, roller skating and football.

My father was an athletic, creative, intelligent filmmaker and writer, and the only thing he had in common with Homer was a love of donuts " Although Groening has stated in several interviews that Homer's namesake is his father, he also claimed in several 1990 interviews that a character in the 1939 Nathanael West novel The Day of the Locust was the inspiration for naming Homer.

Although initially an enigma as a player, the surprisingly athletic Brown was a jack-of-all-trades, who would hustle, score, rebound and block shots whenever needed ; Brown would become one of the most important role players for the team.

Although being in existence since 1903 the school won its first athletic team state championship in golf in 2005.

Although it's been said that such feet give her the great exceptional athletic ability she has.

Although Oregon State did not adopt Benny until much later, many yearbooks and athletic programs in the OSU Archives refer to the athletic teams as the " Beavers ," albeit in an unofficial capacity.

Although in no sense athletic, he made some sort of exercise in the open air each day almost a religious duty.

Although they are not an athletic team, UGA's majorette line and feature twirlers has won numerous national titles making them the most award collegiate majorette line in America.

Although the athletic club had formed a rugby football section in 1866, Fartown was initially used for athletics festivals alterations made in the summer of 1878 meant that rugby could begin at the start of the 1878 / 79 season with the visit of Manchester Rangers on 2 November.

Although often cast as a meek milquetoast, he was actually strong and athletic.

Although he played football as a child, Brown was undersized for the game at less than 150 pounds and at first focused his athletic energies on the pole vault.

Although UNCSA has no officially-sanctioned athletic teams, students are very proud of their mascot: The Fighting Pickle.

Although several small Ohio colleges offered him athletic scholarships, Sheppard chose to follow the lead of his father and two older brothers and pursued a career in osteopathic medicine.

Although the regulations promulgated under the law required additional funding for women's teams, athletic directors did not immediately embrace the requirements.

Although Marcie repeatedly professes her dislike of sports, particularly baseball, she will occasionally take part in whatever sport Peppermint Patty is involved in at the time, though more often than not Marcie, upon showing her lack of athletic prowess and lack of knowledge of the game, usually only succeeds in frustrating Peppermint Patty.

Although visualization of success in athletic outcomes fosters more success than not visualizing, and / or not practicing, it is not as great a predictor of athletic success as practice alone, or practice mixed with visualization techniques.

Although most of Harvard's campus is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the stadium and most other intercollegiate athletic facilities, along with Harvard Business School, lie across the Charles River in the nearby Allston section of Boston.

Although the schools were culturally identical and continue to compete in athletic and academic forums, Ely never spoke to Roth or Mooskin ever again.

Although some prefer the 1940 sound version starring Tyrone Power, Fairbanks ' prodigious athletic prowess and tremendous enthusiasm made the original movie a great success, leading to a whole series of similar swashbuckler roles for Fairbanks, including The Three Musketeers ( 1921 ), Robin Hood ( 1922 ) and The Thief of Bagdad ( 1924 ).

Although he has been characterized as " neither athletic nor academic ," he skipped the eighth grade and enrolled at New York University in film studies at age 17.

Although the economy operates on a free-market basis, the lack of private and government investment, shortages of skilled labor and experienced managers, and inflation and the devaluation of the Turkish lira continue to plague the economy.

Although this appears a challenging problem given current resources, many tools will be available to help future researchers: Moore's Law predicts further increases in computer power, semiconductor fabrication techniques continue to approach the nanoscale, and researchers grow ever more skilled at using proteins, ribosomes and DNA to perform novel chemistry.

Although the majority of the population engages in subsistence agriculture and herding, Namibia has more than 200, 000 skilled workers, as well as a small, well-trained professional and managerial class.

Although the Crusader force consisted only of 375 knights, Saladin hesitated to ambush them due to the presence of highly skilled generals.

Although they were skilled hunters, salmon fishing was the mainstay of traditional Muckleshoot life.

Although more skilled jobs tended to remain with an individual member ( the financial manager, for example, held his post throughout the life of the Community ), Community members rotated through the more unskilled jobs, working in the house, the fields, or the various industries.

Although these goods are free goods ( in the economic sense ) once they have been produced, they do require scarce resources, such as skilled labour, to create them in the first place.

Although drafting is sometimes accomplished by a project engineer, architect — or even by shop personnel such as a machinist — skilled drafters ( and / or designers ) usually accomplish the task and are always in demand to some level.

Although the Russian pioneers were skilled builders of river boats they lacked the knowledge and equipment to build sea-going vessels which meant that Okhotsk remained a coastal settlement and not a port.

Although Tree was regarded as a versatile and skilled actor, particularly in character roles, by his later years, his technique was seen as mannered and old fashioned.

Although he was both fond of fencing and skilled in it, he preferred to indulge his tastes for the arts and reading.

Although some commentators feel that this passage referred to a physical miracle, where Abraham was physically shown the entire kingdom of Heaven, others have felt that it refers to the spiritual understanding of Abraham ; these latter scholars maintain that the Chaldeans were skilled in the observance of the stars, but Abraham, who lived amongst them, saw beyond the physical world and into a higher spiritual realm.

Although NBC finally settled on the skilled and well-respected broadcast journalist John Chancellor, Cronkite proved to be more popular and continued to be top-rated until his retirement in 1981.

Although supremely skilled in swordplay, he suffers from unchecked overconfidence and a staunch refusal ever to give up.

Although he was a pioneer of the honking tenor saxophone that became a regular feature of jazz playing and a hallmark of early rock and roll, Jacquet was a skilled and melodic improviser, both on up-tempo tunes and ballads.

Although sometimes referred to as professions, occupations such as skilled construction and maintenance work are more generally thought of as trades or crafts.

Although spaniels and some pointing breeds routinely retrieve game, and many retrievers are skilled in finding game, retrievers are distinguished in that non-slip retrieval is their primary function.

Although Georgia had almost 200, 000 veterans of World War I with skilled generals and officers, the government failed to build up an effective defense system, a factor that greatly contributed to the fall of the first Georgian republic.

Although drowsiness is rare at the common 10 mg dose, patients should, nevertheless, be advised that it can occur and may affect performance of skilled tasks ( e. g., driving ).

Although the district has tried to stimulate employment through tourism, many of these jobs are by definition seasonal or part-time and do not replace the skilled jobs lost by the closure of the mines.

Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists.

Although highly skilled analysts, FOQs frequently lack software engineering experience or formal training, and bound by time constraints and business pressures tactical solutions are often adopted.

Although Athens, Georgia was shattered by the surrounding war in the South and the racist environment of Southern society at the time, it became a prosperous city dominated by African American families and consisted of several teachers and other skilled, professionally taught individuals.

Although arguably less skilled than Leonardo, Raphael is the most physically powerful of the turtles displaying a great deal of strength on many occasions.

Although the thief as an archetype in role-playing games achieved popularity through Dungeons & Dragons, “ Thief ” in the Dungeons & Dragons game was renamed to “ Rogue ” in the game's Third Edition, to broaden the class to any highly skilled character.