marathon

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With her subsequent success in 2024, the Ethiopia-born athlete became the first woman to win Olympic golds over 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

There are the guides that suggest one task a day for 30 days; the ones that stretch the process across four weekends; the ones that amount to a 16-hour cleaning marathon.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

To make his end-of-February deal marathon more entertaining, Mikula pulled up a bingo card with self-imposed challenges in each space like calling 50 dealerships for quotes on one car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

That means that while small-caps have had a good run of late, investors shouldn’t count on a marathon: “History clearly shows that positive relative returns in this space are streaky, not structural,” Colas concludes.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

He talked Howard into committing to the race, even though it was at the marathon distance of one-and-five-eighths miles, farther than Smith wanted to send Seabiscuit.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand