to run a marathon
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3.2
- phrasal verb
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correr un maratón
- I trained hard for months so I could run a marathon this year.
Can you imagine running a marathon without mile markers?
- Can you imagine running a marathon without mile markers?
- My advice today is do not run a marathon.
- So he did brilliantly, and I thought, well, if he can do so well just running a marathon, what could it do for health?
- Years earlier, I trained for and ran a marathon because I had told myself that one day I'm going to run a marathon.
- But remember, I had told her years earlier that if you say yes to my proposal, I will run a marathon.
- And that ranges from as small as not eating the cheeseburger to as big as running a marathon.
- Can you run a marathon beyond the Polish circle?
- How the hell is running a marathon or setting a goal going to change my life?
- That doesn't mean you have to jog, swim, run a marathon.
- I run a marathon dressed as something, then fully nude.
- I would literally run a marathon, add a little bag with a hammock and toothbrush, toothpaste, phone.
- So my thing with patience is you have to go all out at a sprinter's pace and run a marathon at a sprinter's pace if you want to achieve something.
Examples
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I could probably run a marathon without ever training for it.
Fiction book (1997) -
I, along with a lot of other displaced runners, will be running a marathon this weekend in Richmond, Virginia.
Blog text (1) -
Like you can train and run a marathon in six weeks.
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How the hell is running a marathon or setting a goal going to change my life?
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But I would run a marathon for you.
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When I run a marathon it's one step at a time.
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So thinking long term is one thing that running a marathon teaches us.
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November 10th is going to be a great day to run a marathon!
Blog text (1) -
I'll be thinking of you when I'm running a marathon this weekend.
Blog text (5) -
Years earlier, I trained for and ran a marathon because I had told myself that one day I'm going to run a marathon.
Antonyms
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to participate in a marathon race' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'run' (move rapidly on foot) with 'marathon' (a long-distance race); the article 'a' does not alter the compositional meaning. This is a straightforward event-descriptive construction common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Run a marathon comes from an old Greek story about a messenger who ran from the town of Marathon to Athens to bring news. One popular story says that long run gave the name 'marathon', so today run a marathon means 'to take part in a very long running race'.