Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cross-country footrace longer than a traditional marathon (26 miles, 385 yards).
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- noun A
running race over a distance longer than 42.195km , the length of amarathon .
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Examples
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I'm also currently training for my first ultramarathon.
Kia Taylor: This is How We Do It Kia Taylor 2011
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But when celebrity ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes emailed me and offered my boyfriend, Charlie, and me race entries in the North Face Endurance Challenge in the Marin Headlands, I figured I couldn't pass it up.
Heidi Dietrich: A San Francisco Running Weekend to Remember Heidi Dietrich 2011
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I've used it to train for 5 marathons and an ultramarathon.
Five Best Exercise Planning And Tracking Tools | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I'm also currently training for my first ultramarathon.
Kia Taylor: This is How We Do It Kia Taylor 2011
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Thanks for this post – it really helps to inspire me to stick with it: to use the strength and discipline I have gained through the ultramarathon training (because the training is far harder than the race itself!) and to keep my eyes focused forward on the vision, the dream, the destination ahead. on 29 May 2010 at 12: 36 pm Thinkingtoohard
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Only Way to Know If You’ll Be a Successful Writer 2010
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The first time he ran the Leadville 100-mile ultramarathon in Colorado, he had to drop out because the high altitude caused his brain to swell.
The Cross-Country Runner Allysia Finley 2011
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I decided to try out the ElliptiGO on the advice of celebrity ultramarathon runner Dean Karnazes.
Heidi Dietrich: Taking the ElliptiGO for a Spin Heidi Dietrich 2011
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It could be an athletic event — finishing a first ultramarathon for example (or a first marathon for that matter) — or a short story sale.
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Those numbers would probably be higher if it weren't for the injuries that sideline nearly all runners training for a marathon or ultramarathon.
The Cross-Country Runner Allysia Finley 2011
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Mr. Gelber, 44 years old, is a senior vice president of retail services at CB Richard Ellis and lives in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. He is an ultramarathon runner—someone who runs 26.2 miles to start and then keeps going.
Going the Distance to Help Fight a Rare Blood Cancer Melanie Grayce West 2011
patra commented on the word ultramarathon
A long-distance footrace in excess of 26.2 miles.
March 19, 2008