Greek re-enactors - how do you display?

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

This is why Herodotus sais the Marathon fighters were the first who charged froma long distance. This mean two things. First that for the two previous centuries the hoplites were not running before contct with the enemy phalanx,and second that later they did practice this. There are two more points however. Herodotus mentions a very long distance of running that seems unlikely.About two kms. Second, his final words are that the Marathonomachoi were the first who run in front of the enemy,he doesn't mention the distance. He didn;t say "they were the first who run for so long"!
What we can't know is what they did later on.Perhaps they run only against light troops? What did they do against phalanxes? What happened when light teoops became an essential support of the phalanx,say the end of fifth century bc?
Khaire
Giannis