Sentence examples for complete the marathon from inspiring English sources

Congratulations on your achievement [Fiennes became the oldest Briton ever to complete the Marathon des Sables ultra-marathon race in the Sahara last Friday].

Our 110-foot Team Adventure will complete the marathon sprint in 60 days, or perhaps less.

He is also the first ever leg amputee to complete the marathon in under three hours.

Official guides patiently explained that those taking longer could simply complete the marathon in one of the buses they had laid on, which would swoop you up and drop you off at the finish line.

For not only is the 36-year-old the world record holder for leg amputees in the marathon – and the first ever leg amputee to complete the marathon in under three hours – he is the 200m world record holder too.

Reaction to Paula Radcliffe's failure ranged from praise for her decision to complete the marathon with an injured leg to criticism for a self-indulgent readiness to deprive a fully fit athlete of a place in Beijing, and Kelly Sotherton had to settle for fourth place in a Carolina Kluft-less heptathlon despite posting a couple of personal bests.

He interrupted his own race to help revive Mr. Turner and accompany him to the hospital, before completing the marathon.

But he completed the marathon, ran some others and started to wonder what would happen if he just kept running.

"Even if I've been injured and haven't reached my goal of completing the marathon, there have been tremendous benefits," she said.

Last year, Peña captivated spectators while completing the marathon just three and a half weeks after being freed from a mine in Chile.

In 1967 Kathy Switzer, who had given her name as K.V. Switzer on the race application, was issued an official number and completed the marathon, although the race director tried to have her removed from the course.