▁piece ▁by ▁Frederick ▁A . ▁Williams ▁ ▁Category : 1 8 6 9 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 4 2 ▁death s ▁Category : American ▁male ▁compos ers ▁Category : American ▁compos ers ▁Category : B ur ial s ▁at ▁Lake ▁View ▁C emetery , ▁Cleveland ▁Category : Mus icians ▁from ▁Cleveland <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Ext ra ▁M ile ▁End ur athon ▁( E ME ) ▁was ▁an ▁end urance ▁mar athon ▁created ▁by ▁German ▁phil anth rop ist ▁Alexander ▁Sk ora , ▁in ▁which ▁participants ▁must ▁walk ▁through ▁a ▁designated ▁race course ▁for ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁they ▁can . ▁Who ever ▁wal ks ▁for ▁the ▁longest ▁amount ▁of ▁time , ▁wins ▁the ▁competition . ▁The ▁E ME ▁is ▁organized ▁by ▁Sk ora ' s ▁company , ▁Global ▁Games ▁Group , ▁and ▁it ▁usually ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁capital ▁cities ▁and ▁other ▁important ▁metropol ises ▁in ▁different ▁countries ▁around ▁the ▁world , ▁with ▁their ▁race c ourses ▁often ▁located ▁in ▁their ▁bus iest ▁areas . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁competition ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁Berlin , ▁Germany ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Tw enty ▁people ▁participated ▁and ▁walked ▁through ▁popular ▁areas ▁of ▁the ▁city , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Olympic ▁Stadium , ▁the ▁Tier g arten , ▁the ▁Br anden burger ▁Tor ▁and ▁P ots d amer ▁Platz . ▁The ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁competition ▁was ▁Mark ▁Pe us , ▁a ▁pilot ▁for ▁L uf th ans a , ▁who ▁walked ▁non ▁stop ▁for ▁ 3 6 ▁hours . ▁ ▁The