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• n  any long and arduous undertaking
• n  a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards
• n  a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians

• Surging interest in marathons at middle age and beyond testifies to our longer, healthier lives.
• PSYCHOTHERAPY Stripping Body Mind Group-psychotherapy marathons lasting 24 to 48 hours are being staged by many psychologists in the Los Angeles area.
• A look at marathon times between men and women appears to bolster the theory.

• endurance contest
• Marathon
• battle of Marathon

News & Articles

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• Marathon's Continued Prospecting Delivers: Reporting First Resource at Valentine East Hill
  Marathon's Continued Prospecting Delivers: Reporting First Resource at Valentine East Hill
  June 14, 2013 - CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
• Marathon Taps Exxon Exec as Next CEO
  Marathon Oil tapped an Exxon Mobil executive to become its next CEO at the end of the year.
  June 13, 2013 - CNBC
• Marathon Oil taps Exxon Mobil executive as next CEO
  (Reuters) - Marathon Oil Corp has tapped an Exxon Mobil Corp executive to become its next CEO when Clarence Cazalot retires at the end of the year. Lee Tillman, Exxon Mobil's vice president of engineering, will take the top post at the energy exploration company in January 2014, Marathon Oil said on Thursday. Tillman's experience in some of the world's most complex energy fields, including ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Venus Williams in National Post
  I don't know what to think of that. It's amazing. Wow. It's longer than a marathon,she said. "I don't think I'd move. I think if you moved, you lose your seat."
• Katie Price in Eleven
  In a statement, Katie said: "It is with great regret that I'm going to have to pull out of this year's Virgin London Marathon. Training has been going really well, and I was really looking forward to running again this year to raise as much money as...
• Paula Radcliffe in Sportinglife.com
  In marathon training, there are no shortcuts and there is simply not enough time to be in the shape I want to be in, to run well in London,said Radcliffe five weeks before the race on April 13. "I love running in London and this race would...