Sentence examples for rival marathon from inspiring English sources

The much smaller rival Marathon, for example, fell 55 percent over the year.

Updated at 4.44pm BST 4.39pm BST Cycling Capitalising on the popularity of Britain's two-wheel Olympic triumphs, an annual festival of cycling is to be held in London– including a mass road race to rival the marathon, reports Gwyn Topham.

On this evidence, though, he could have a formidable marathon rival in the diminutive shape of Bekele, whose smooth, economical, gliding cadence is ideally suited to the roads.

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Her closest challenger is likely to be her training partner Edna Kiplagat, who is the world champion and finished second behind Keitany in London this year Main rival Edna Kiplagat Medal prediction Gold Wilson Kipsang Men's marathon The second fastest marathon runner in history and an impressive winner in London in April, Kipsang is heading a Kenyan team looking for a clean sweep of the medals.

The Vaporfly Elite is the sportswear giant's vehicle for crossing that threshold and perhaps even upstaging the Adidas Adizero Sub2, the new marathon shoe from its chief rival.

Aidan O'Brien's three-year-old has proved he stays and gets a tonne of weight from his older rivals, which might really tell over this marathon distance.

He has only been beaten once in three years, by the young Ethiopian Mohammed Aman at the very tailend of last season Main rival Mohammed Aman Medal prediction Gold Mary Keitany Women's marathon Keitany has been almost unbeatable over the last few years, winning the London marathon twice and breaking the world record for the half marathon.

He was harassed by three rivals early in the grueling mile-and-a-half marathon, dispatched them and looked every bit like Seattle Slew and the 10 other Triple Crown champions until the final strides.

Last summer, acting on a bet, he competed in an annual three-mile race up and down Mt. Marathon, in his home town of Seward, which may rival the Iditarod in toughness.

"Experience in the marathon helps a lot," said Hellebuyck, whose main rivals have run only a handful of marathons among them.