Sentence examples for marathon was held from inspiring English sources

But on Sunday, the women's marathon was held under cloudy skies and fairly cool temperatures for August.

In Athens, the men's marathon was held in the evening, and Keflezighi ran a nearly perfect race, winning the silver medal.

In Chicago, where the city's annual marathon was held as planned, concrete barriers set up last week around entrances to the Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building, were perhaps a sign that even normal these days is relative.

LONDON — Six days and 3,300 miles from the bombings in Boston, the London Marathon was held Sunday under an azure sky, in what runners called perfect conditions, with no security scares and the minds of virtually all involved soaring westward to the victims of last Monday's attack.

1976 was the first year that the marathon was held outside of Central Park.

No official marathon was held this weekend as a result of Hurricane Sandy, but many runners had gathered in Central Park to stand and take pictures.

On Sunday morning at 7 30, Dr. Stuart Weiss, the medical director of the New York City Marathon, was holding a coffee with one hand, gesturing with the other, and moving at the stereotypically brisk pace of an emergency room doctor.

The Fiji Bula Marathon is held each year in May or June.

This optimism stems, in part, from the notion that because the marathon is held every year, it provides an annual opportunity for renewal and replenishment.

August in Beijing is hot and humid, and Olympic marathons had a long history of slow, tactical starts with unexpected outcomes — no other major marathon is held during the summer.

August in Beijing is hot and humid, and Olympic marathons had a long history of slow, tactical starts with unexpected outcomes no other major marathon is held during the summer.