Djokovic was soon stretched out like a man who had just finished a marathon, which, in effect, he was.
Dear Mister Cranston, I've just finished a marathon of watching 'BREAKING BAD' – from episode one of the First Season – to the last eight episodes of the Sixth Season.
Last year, one in every six hundred and twenty Americans finished a marathon; by contrast, even though ultramarathoning is a growing sport, only one in five thousand will become an ultrarunner.
He had just watched the Yankees grab their third consecutive World Series title and their fourth in the last five seasons, and he looked as if he had finished a marathon.
The sound engineer, Patrick Grandclaudon, recorded layer upon layer of comedic business to create a densely nonsensical sonic world, and finally the assembled group performed the sign-off cry, "Don't get eliminated!" Four days' work was finished, a marathon of intricate scripting and dubbing to achieve the effect of a bunch of frat boys tossing off puerile gags.
In 2007, according to the Web site MarathonGuide.com, an estimated 407,000 people finished a marathon, compared with 299,000 in 2000.
