Sentence examples for marathoner in from inspiring English sources

Newport Beach resident CARRIE LUGER SLAYBACK is a marathoner in her 70s who brought home first places in LA Marathons 2013 and 2014 and the Carlsbad Marathon 2015.

(AP) OLYMPICS Marathoner in Brazil Vanderlei de Lima, the bronze medalist in the Olympic marathon who was tackled by a spectator while leading the race, returned home yesterday to a hero's welcome, saying he was thrilled to have earned a medal.

"It's like putting a marathoner in a 400-meter dash.

The previous year, he had been rated the No. 1 marathoner in the world.

Liliya Shobukhova of Russia, the second-fastest woman's marathoner in history, also dropped out about midway.

The women's race was dominated by Kenya's Tegla Loroupe, the fastest woman marathoner in history.

All that changed in college, she said, when her brother reached his full growth -- tall and thin, a marathoner-in-the-making, a favorite among the girls at Wagner College.

But that is a different sort of exercise from what endurance athletes do, and so what happens to marathoners-in-training must have another explanation.

Twenty-four yeafterfter Joan Benoit Samuelson captured the inaugural Olympic marathon for women, female marathoners in this country are still following one leader while lagging behind the men in terms of depth of talent.

Similarly, coronary artery calcification scores were higher in marathoners than in non-running controls matched for Framingham Risk Score.

And for the most part, it's not even necessary to be a marathoner to join in and walk or run along for a few miles.