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Starfleet academy marathon

The certificate given to Cadet Picard for winning the marathon.

The Starfleet Academy marathon is 40-kilometer race of Starfleet cadets, that occurs once a year. The first marathon occurred in the year 2282.

In the forty-first marathon in April 2323, Jean-Luc Picard became the first freshman cadet to win the marathon on planet Danula II. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"; Star Trek: Generations)

It is has been speculated that the reason why Picard's academy picture in Star Trek Nemesis depicted him with a shaved head is because he shaved his head for this marathon
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