Sentence examples similar to a standard marathon from inspiring English sources

Sellers wants to qualify for the "A" standard for the 2020 Olympic marathon trials (2 37 00) and said her Boston performance gives her confidence.

The standard marathon distance is no longer a challenge to runners who want more of an endurance test than an outright race.

Heinemann's death has focused attention on the extreme world of ultrarunning, which involves races beyond the standard marathon distance of 26.2 miles.

Abel Kirui of Kenya, the two-time world champion, said he thought the standard marathon distance was perfect, given that elite runners and recreational runners can compete in the same race.

And yet many of the established rules of international sport were laid down at the 1908 Games, including the eccentric length of the standard marathon course (specially lengthened to finish by the royal box).

Image caption The six-day event is an ultra-marathon, equivalent to roughly six standard marathons.

The distance each day is about a standard 42.2-kilometer marathon.

But did he have the endurance to cover 62 miles, a distance more than twice the length of a standard 26.2-mile marathon, an enervating exercise that would require more than six and a half hours of continuous running?

How can you deny yourself the opportunity to find out how strong you are?" It's a question people are trying to find their personal answers to with growing fervour, as the bog-standard marathon loses its reputation as the pinnacle of running endeavour.

If Wells somehow gains the Olympic A standard of 2 12, he will consider running the Olympic marathon trials in February.

By the standards of a road marathon or a 10-kilometer race, that is absurdly slow — about 5.2 miles per hour, even taking into account nocturnal moose entanglements.