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Recent Examples of ultramarathon
The Baltimore artist and ultramarathon swam the 20-mile Catalina Channel off Southern California in 12 hours, 54 minutes, per her social media.
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Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
Todd and Allison Barcelona, 57 and 55, respectively, had completed 20 ultramarathons together.
—Longreads, 9 July 2024
Listen to this article Katie Pumphrey, an artist and ultramarathon swimmer, started her swim at Sandy Point State Park in the shadow of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on Tuesday and is proceeding up the Patapsco River toward the Inner Harbor.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
The ultramarathon route delivers a punishing 3,200-foot elevation change.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
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Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
Todd and Allison Barcelona, 57 and 55, respectively, had completed 20 ultramarathons together.
—Longreads, 9 July 2024
Listen to this article Katie Pumphrey, an artist and ultramarathon swimmer, started her swim at Sandy Point State Park in the shadow of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on Tuesday and is proceeding up the Patapsco River toward the Inner Harbor.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024
The ultramarathon route delivers a punishing 3,200-foot elevation change.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultramarathon
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In the following decades the marathon has spread far and wide.Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024
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Pause—frequently Doing makeup on your wedding day should be a marathon, not a sprint.Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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There are fresh attractions like arts festivals and an Ironman triathlon.Chris Megerian, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
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This year, somewhat improbably, two major Olympics events — marathon swimming and the triathlons — were scheduled to take place there.John Surico, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2024
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In the District 7 race, Kelly Miller leads Sarah K. Yang by 28 votes.Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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Boulder — which is rendered as an empty town just starting to be reclaimed by nature, following the disaster that violently erased most of the human race.John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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So in between enjoying curling, the luge, the biathlon, and hockey, take a gander at our rundown.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 29 July 2024
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The next Invictus Games will be held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada in February 2025, and winter sports like alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling will be introduced for the first time.Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
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And two classmates from UCLA, Johnson and Yang, would battle for gold in the decathlon.Tim Genske, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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This excludes world-best decathlon performances and field events (hammer throw, shot put), which do not use a runway or the track.Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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“Ultramarathon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultramarathon. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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