The marathon (from Greek Μαραθώνιος) is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 km (c. 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance...
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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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The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as just simply the Boston bombing, was an Islamist domestic terrorist attack that took place during...
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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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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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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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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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Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company was...
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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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Wisconsin Mini marathon Half marathon Ultramarathon Marathon dancing Marathon swimming Ski marathon Ice skating marathon Club Deportivo Marathón, a Honduran...
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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 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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Terry Fox (redirect from Marathon of Hope)
Vancouver, winning three national championships. In 1980, he began the Marathon of Hope to raise money for cancer research. He hoped to raise one dollar...
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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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Pyongyang International Marathon, previously known as Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon, is an annual marathon race contested each April in Pyongyang...
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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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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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Claire Lomas (section Post-marathon)
riding accident in 2007. In 2012, she finished the 32nd Virgin London Marathon in 17 days using the ReWalk robotic suit. Her death following an unspecified...
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Ultramarathon (redirect from Double-marathon)
An ultramarathon is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 mi 385 yd). The sport of running ultramarathons is...
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Rebecca Cheptegei (category Ugandan female marathon runners)
1991 – 5 September 2024) was a Ugandan cross country, long-distance and marathon runner, who was the national record holder in the latter discipline and...
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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 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 swimming is a class of open water swimming defined by long distances, at least 10 kilometers (6.21 mi). Unlike marathon foot-races which have...
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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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Marathon des Sables, or MdS, (French for Marathon of the Sands, also known as Sahara Marathon[citation needed]) is a seven-day, about 257 km (160 mi)...
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The world record in the half marathon has been officially recognized since 1 January 2004 by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)...
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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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London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. It is the largest marathon in...
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The Women's marathon T54 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 8 September at Les Invalides in Paris. T53/54 Records The T53/54 classification is...
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Below is a sortable list of individuals who died as a result of running a marathon. The most frequent causes are: sudden cardiac death, triggered by a congenital...
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