Definition of marathoner
: someone (such as a runner) who takes part in a marathon
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As Boston looms, so do the fears that haunt every marathonerThe Boston Marathon is less than one week away.
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One secret to marathoner Molly Huddle's succes: quinoa salad.
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Breathtaking in both the literal and figurative sense, these works require the lung capacity of an Olympian marathoner with the elocutionary finesse of Shaw's Professor Henry Higgins.
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Meb Keflezighi, a marathoner who came to symbolize resiliency and the Boston Strong spirit after the Marathon bombing, will be back in Hopkinton this April to run the Boston Marathon again.
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Originally launched back in 1983, the Shadows were marketed to aspiring marathoners.
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The other marathoner was Jim Leone, a 60-year-old retired Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy from St. George, Utah, who died of an apparent cardiac arrest after collapsing in the third mile.
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An Ethiopian marathoner and Olympic hopeful was reunited with his family in the United States after his career was cut short following torture by the government for peacefully protesting it.
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But the method also helps veteran marathoners set personal records.
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First Known Use of marathoner
1923
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: a runner who competes in a marathon
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