marathon

How To Use marathon In A Sentence

• It was replanned in marble after the battle of Marathon in 490 bc, but it was not constructed in its final form until 447-432 BC when it became the centre-piece of Pericles' scheme for the Acropolis.
• The marathon race is the big test of endurance in the Olympics.
• Marathon runners will take to Sukhumvit Highway southbound towards Sattahip before returning to the finish line.
• A Swindon doctor and marathon runner looks set to finish the ultimate endurance test in the Sahara Desert.
• he is running the Marathon this year
• In 1997 they were part of a 20-strong all-woman expedition which reached the North Pole in relays - a 600-mile marathon which was a first for an all-woman team.
• Ignoring the pain, he sprinted toward the gate like a runner at the end of a marathon.
• She is, she says, still exhausted from the marathon Moma performance which ended almost four months ago. Interview: Marina Abramovic
• In Mthatha, there will be a youth football tournament, a "heroes marathon" and a seminar to celebrate not only Mandela's 90th birthday but that of another African National Congress veteran Albertina Sisulu as well. ANC Daily News Briefing
• Over the course of five months, Warren went from running 12 - minute miles in 5ks to doing a 50k (31 miles) ultramarathon.