Sentence examples for competitive marathon from inspiring English sources

Talk story in which writer explains why he quit running in competitive marathon races.

Evidently, spotting an illegitimate result is as old and as much a sport as the competitive marathon itself.

Radcliffe's victory here in 2004 was her most competitive marathon, a race she usually wins by large margins.

This marathon might be different to a competitive marathon with an individual winner but it's still long distance and the finish line is out of sight.

By Mark Singer The New Yorker, November 5, 1979 P. 42 Talk story in which writer explains why he quit running in competitive marathon races.

The New Yorker, November 5, 1979 P. 42 Talk story in which writer explains why he quit running in competitive marathon races.

Three-time Olympic champion Bekele, 31, is making his competitive half-marathon debut on Sunday, and Gebrselassie has recorded by far the quickest time over the distance of the three men.

Some may be thinking about running in a competitive event, even a marathon.

Most of them will be in the "local competitive" section of the marathon, just below their front-running Ethiopian teammates.

Herbig, 44, may present a disarming exterior, but beneath it lies a will of steel: A competitive tennis player and marathon runner, she wasn't about to watch her company die without trying to save it.

The marathon competition, all 10 nations playing each other home and away, is fiercely competitive, and has done wonders for the level of the continent's teams since it was introduced in 1996.