Sentence examples for raced a marathon from inspiring English sources

The first came on November 25 , 1908 at the old Madison Square Garden, when two short, lithe men, named Dorando Pietri and Johnny Hayes, raced a marathon indoors.

On a cloudless 34-degree morning at the New York City Half Marathon on Sunday, two men who had never raced a half marathon outlasted all but one of the heavy favorites as the 12-man lead pack in Central Park narrowed to seven on 42nd Street and dissolved to four heading down the West Side Highway.

One day in August 2006, Dick Traum, an amputee who founded the Achilles adult program, mentioned to Nadine that she should consider racing in a marathon.

Presidential elections are a race – a marathon, as the exhausted candidate often says.

With drones, a groom can get the perfect group shot of his wedding party; a coach can closely monitor the progress of their athlete as she races a marathon; emergency responders can survey larger swaths of territory during disaster relief efforts; and a farmer can monitor crops in a remote corner of their land.

And this is going to be a long race: a marathon, not a sprint.

So if you’re thinking of popping the question, the numbers are probably on your side. 5. Win a race (or run a marathon).

He likened the race to a marathon: short enough to be raced by the very fit and a personal test for the average athlete to finish.

The Ironman comprises a 2.4-mile swim, followed by a 112-mile bike race and a marathon run (26.2 miles).

(btw, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has also described LiDAR as a "crutch").. "We now find ourselves in a position where regulators, investors, and the public are waking up to the reality that nobody is ahead in the race to deliver autonomous vehicles because the real race is a marathon that has not yet begun," Levandowski wrote.

Ola may be ahead on overall geographical coverage of India right now, but this race is a marathon — albeit a marathon that is being run at the pace of a sprint.