marathon
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Tanden has finished up her marathon day with an appearance on CNN; she sparred with Scott Jennings about Donald Trump’s flagging poll numbers.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Melbourne Marathon was the third leg on Kipchoge's world tour, on which he hopes to complete a marathon on all seven continents, including Antarctica, over two years.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
In 2019 he became the first person to break the two-hour marathon barrier under special conditions in Vienna, clocking an unofficial time of one hour 59 minutes 40 seconds.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
In June, he ran a full marathon on the treadmill in about 2:20.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
It’s just hard to love someone who cancels the cable right before the Walking Dead marathon.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
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"You don't need to run marathons," Corral said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
But after losing much of his depth perception, he traded that passion for running, completing 79 marathons, his family said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Its previous events are often watched by hundreds of thousands of people online, with GDQ's charity marathons having raised "62 million dollars for charities in the last 16 years", according to business director Ashley Farkas.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Some of his claims about his life, including that he once ran 30 marathons in 35 days and raised millions for charities, were disputed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
On rainy days, we’d play tic-tac-toe for hours or watch Power Puff Girls marathons on TV.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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