The phrase "school marathon" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a long-distance running race organized by a school or for school-related purposes. Example: The students were excited about participating in the annual school marathon to raise funds for their school's library.
Like those races and the many others like them, the focus of the Spartan Sprint is to test the body and the mind with physical challenges that exceed the old-school marathon mentality.
In a review of D'Angelo's tour-opening performance at the House of Blues, David Wollock of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "three-hour old-school soul marathon that was part 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine', part 'Let's Get It On', part 'Move on Up' gospel exuberance with call-and-response and other crowd-rousing church conventions".
Quinn's a screamer, she sends her unpaid high school volunteers on marathon shifts and her memoir sold only 100 books after it's first week of release.
Marathon, babies, marathon.
Christopher, Curtin's high school friend: Run a marathon.
In 1992, when he was sixteen and had just turned professional, O'Sullivan went to snooker's "qualifying school" — a three-month marathon of knockout matches, in Blackpool, during which fringe players competed to enter the tournaments of the season ahead.
Teacher: Aruna M. Arjunan Institution: Central High School Grade Level of Students: High School Idea: As a world history teacher, one can often feel like the school year is a marathon that leaves little room for covering current events in the manner in which they should be studied.
The night before Flea runs the marathon, the school will host a benefit concert with Patti Smith at Café Stella.
She thanked us for supporting her middle school's mini dance marathon, one that raised more than $40,000 to help fight cancer.
And yet every time I think of such a possibility I get a cold chill -- a worry about the beast, the beast of the public school schedule, the harsh marathon of running to maintain balance and focus all day every day.
If you graduated from school or ran a marathon, post a photo of you with your diploma or your finisher's medal.
