Sentence examples for larger marathon from inspiring English sources

Regarding the studied running events, African mainly competed at larger marathon and half-marathon events (e.g. Greifenseelauf, Lausanne Marathon, Hallwilerseelauf, Genève Marathon for UNICEF and Zürich Marathon).

"The People's Marathon," the fourth largest marathon in the United States, ninth in the world, will happen rain or shine.

The Marine Corps Marathon began in 1976 and is sometimes called "The People's Marathon" because it is the largest marathon that does not offer prize money to participants.

It was the largest marathon held anywhere.

Now the world's largest marathon, the New York race was initiated in 1970 with a pickup group of 127.

Most of the favorites to make the Olympic team have been forced to decide between New York, the world's largest marathon, and the trials.

As the largest marathon in the world that does not offer prize money, it expects a field of 30,000 runners for this year's race, on Oct. 31.

She then won in 2006 and will vie to become only the second woman to win the world's largest marathon three years in a row.

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be a sponsored athlete at the world's largest marathon?

The 40,000 registrants and 33,000 finishers in 2003 made the Chicago Marathon the third or fourth largest marathon depending on which metric (registrants or finishers) is used.

With a city in varying states of recovery, a public transit system that was essentially crippled up until Saturday afternoon, blackouts and a death count nearing 50, this clearly was not the time to be hosting the worlds largest marathon.