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marathon

noun as in long-distance race

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Trujillo, 43, said he started running marathons when he was head coach at North Hollywood.

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A World Cup campaign still on track - two more victories and they're there - but an endgame that saw Scotland wobbling across the winning line, like a marathon runner whose legs have gone.

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I love a day of just staying in bed watching TV, not opening the blinds, or going for a walk with a friend or reading a book, or doing marathon running.

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Eight years ago, it staged a race in Italy for Kenyan star Eliud Kipchoge to try to run a marathon in under two hours.

“Someone like a marathon runner, they have a goal and that takes a lot of sacrifice and hard work,” she said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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