But the most consistently compelling marathon was won by an intense American 18-year-old, Ashley Harkleroad, who defeated Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, seeded ninth, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 9-7, and celebrated by hurling her racket in the air, shrieking with delight and hugging her father, Danny, and her agent before shaking Hantuchova's hand.
Marathon, babies, marathon.
PARIS — Shallow on star power but deep on compelling plot, the fourth-round marathon between Fabio Fognini and Alberto Montañés was one of the wilder rides in memory at Roland Garros.
What made this Green Umbrella marathon so compelling is that the mathematical underpinning of Minimalist music means something different to every composer.
En route, the compelling narrative covers the marathon's changes and growth over time, including its international impact, inclusion of female runners and disabled racers, and the pivotal introduction of prize money.
Shallow on star power but deep on compelling plot, their fourth-round marathon was one of the wilder rides in memory at Roland Garros, and while it ended with a Monta?forehand in the net, the bits truly worth remembering happened earlier in the fifth set that felt a lot more like a fifth act.
On the rooftop, Brazilian duo Dashdot, largely unknown outside of South America, dropped a marathon selection of compelling, moving techno and house that had me deep in their groove for hours straight.
I'd forgotten how compelling property and dating programmes are; but a marathon watch proves a curiously deflating experience.
Keitany's return to the London Marathon will be keenly anticipated by marathon fans after she won her second title in compelling style three years ago in 2 18 37, a time only Radcliffe has beaten on the London course.
The current rules put the Tour well over the maximum distance for women but the case there was compelling: "In the late 1960s people assumed that women couldn't run the marathon," read the petition.
Most compelling may be the performance of Miranda Bailey, whose character, Drew, is trying to run a marathon while pushing her brother, a paraplegic, in a wheelchair.
