Word: marathons
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...traversing so many countries on the bike was not enough, Munoz became intrigued with the idea of completing an Ironman triathlon. Known for breaking many athletes, the triathlon starts with a 2.4-mile swim and a 112-mile bike ride before participants complete a full marathon...
...marathon component certainly posed the biggest hurdle for Munoz, but the sophomore responded with his typical drive to excel. Thanks to a summer of daily training, Munoz was ready to compete in Louisville, Kentucky’s Ironman triathlon just a few weeks before the start of his sophomore fall...
...marathon progressed, he was able to improve from an initial 9:00 pace—thanks to his strong cardiovascular fitness—to post a time that is quite impressive for a first-time competitor...
...tournaments. And yet Ian, who works with a student group at Harvard and requested that his real name not be used for this piece, is very much a poker player—a professional online, who says he has not gone to bed until nine this morning after a marathon game...
...doing a marathon reading of your book - eight nights, seven venues, over the next two months. Is it even worth it these days for authors to do readings unless they're going to be unique or kooky in some way? Readings are usually ... deadly. It can be kind of a strange ritual. I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm permanently in a kind of moderately bad faith as a giver of readings, because I'm not a great fan of them. I don't think of that as a hot night out. So I usually try to make...