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halfer

halfer

7.2
A person who runs a half marathon of about 21 kilometres
  • noun
  • /ˈhæfər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : corredor de medio maratón
  • And Davey just ran his first race this past weekend, half marathon.

I know you were in Malibu and April ran that, the half marathon.

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Examples

  • So today I'm attempting my first half marathon on the Steamboat Springs Greenway right now.

  • And I'm running my half marathon in October.

  • Next month is the half marathon that I'm running and my training was going really well.

  • Running half a marathon once a week or pipe care three times a week.

  • I'm getting, I'm going to do a half marathon in nine weeks.

  • I know you were in Malibu and April ran that, the half marathon.

  • But I mean, we've done some stuff that Clovis was me Paul and Alex Moore did half marathon row straight into Clovis.

  • Last weekend, I completed my first halfer and felt a great sense of accomplishment.

  • She trains every Saturday with a group of other halfers preparing for the upcoming race.

  • After months of preparation, he finally became a dedicated halfer in his local running club.

Synonyms

runner
vshalfer
241 1.0

A person who runs for sport, exercise, or in races

refers specifically to a person racing about twenty one kilometres
2 2.7

A person who takes part in races over long distances like marathons

focuses on a specific shorter race around twenty one kilometres
road runner
vshalfer
3.4

A person who runs long races on roads like marathons

prefers a specific shorter race distance rather than long road marathons

Surface Forms

halfer singular
halfers plural

Morphology

halfer = half (semi-transparent) = half + er

The form is built from half + -er, but the specific sense 'person who runs a half marathon' is a specialized label rather than a fully predictable general meaning.

Etymology

Halfer comes from the simple parts half and -er, where half means 'one of two equal parts' and -er means 'a person who does something'. So a halfer is a casual name for someone who runs a half marathon, the shorter race of about 13.1 miles.