The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42km 195m (c. 26mi 385yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on...
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half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13 miles 192.5 yards)—half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event...
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Club Deportivo Marathón is a Honduran professional football club based in San Pedro Sula. Founded on 25 November 1925, Marathón currently plays in the...
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The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as simply the Boston bombing, was a domestic terrorist attack that took place during the annual Boston...
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World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics [citation needed]. The late...
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The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea...
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The New York City Marathon, currently branded as the TCS New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi)...
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of Marathon Lake Marathon, 8 km west of the town Marathon Dam, forming the lake Marathon, Florida Marathon, Iowa Marathon Township, Michigan Marathon, New...
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Dance marathons (or marathon dances) are events in which people dance or walk to music for an extended period of time. They started as dance contests in...
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The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally...
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Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company was...
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World Marathon Majors (WMM) (known for sponsorship reasons as the Abbott World Marathon Majors) is a championship-style competition for marathon runners...
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The Marathon Trilogy is a science fiction first-person shooter video game series from Bungie, originally released for the Classic Mac OS. The name of the...
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Banijay Kids & Family (redirect from Marathon Production)
Banijay Kids & Family (formerly known as Marathon Media, Marathon Animation, Marathon Productions, Marathon Media Group, Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Kids Studios...
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Marathon is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by Bungie, and released in December 1994 for the Apple Macintosh. The game takes...
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Marathon Oil Corporation is an American petroleum company that has existed since 1887. Marathon was founded in Lima, Ohio as the Ohio Oil Company. In...
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Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. is an American digital asset technology company, which engages in mining cryptocurrencies, with a focus on the blockchain...
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Marathon Man may refer to: Marathon Man (novel), a 1974 novel by William Goldman Marathon Man (film), a 1976 adaptation of the novel "Marathon Man", an...
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Marathon des Sables, or MdS, (French for Marathon of the Sands) is a seven-day, about 257 km (160 mi) ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance...
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Pyongyang International Marathon, previously known as Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon, is an annual marathon race contested each April in Pyongyang...
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The Marathon Boy or Ephebe of Marathon is a Greek bronze sculpture found in the Aegean Sea in the bay of Marathon in 1925. The sculpture is conserved...
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Marathon is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was...
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Marathon is a city in the middle of the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 9,689...
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A mini marathon is a long-distance road race of a distance which is less than a marathon. The term is sometimes used in place of "half marathon" (500 Festival...
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Marathon (Demotic Greek: Μαραθώνας, Marathónas; Attic/Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathṓn) is a town in Greece and the site of the Battle of Marathon in...
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food writer Richard Olney grew up in Marathon. From 1996 to 2017, every year in June, a marathon, half-marathon and 5k were held in the city. It was USA...
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The Athens Classic Marathon is an annual marathon road race held in Athens, Greece, normally in early November (the second Sunday of November), since 1972...
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Marathon is a town in Cortland County, New York, United States. The population was 1,967 at the 2010 census. The town of Marathon contains a village also...
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The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. Founded by athletes...
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Marathon is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Thunder Bay District, on the north shore of Lake Superior north of Pukaskwa National...
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