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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
marathoner
noun
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▪ A lot of marathoners are versatile runners.
▪ David Tagg from the International Federation of Aromatherapists says there are a number of oils which could help weary marathoners.
▪ Eventually, I came to my senses and accepted that I was not fit enough to train like a 2:10 marathoner.
▪ For experienced marathoners, it could be qualifying for the Boston Marathon.
▪ From there, the 19, 000-plus marathoners faced gradual uphill climbs until about mile 17.
▪ He is tall, a marathoner, with salt-and-pepper short hair.
▪ Olympic marathoner Ed Eyestone never runs more than six days a week, even when preparing for a marathon.
▪ Yes, you guessed it, I am a sometime marathoner... that is, when there is time.
Wiktionary
marathoner

n. Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races.

WordNet
marathoner

n. someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) [syn: marathon runner, road runner, long-distance runner]

Usage examples of "marathoner".

Margaret Mahony's morning had already been traumatic, nursing marathoner Tani Ruckle who had run herself into dehydration.

It was boring for them all, as none were marathoners, and the steps of the leading runners were endlessly the same.

A lot of them slowed their pace to get cold drinks, and some ran through pre-spotted water showers to cool off, though the TV commentators said that these had the effect of tightening up the leg muscles and were therefore not really a good thing for marathoners to do.

Many marathoners ran twenty-six miles at slightly over five minutes to the mile, but they weren't packing along forty pounds of gear on their backs.

A six-minutes-to-the-mile pace is just a little slower than the professional marathoners go.

Now I know that Olympic runners break the four-minute mile, and that marathoners maintain the five-minute mile indefinitely, and a healthy young man can do a mile in six minutes.

Whereupon Wally Hemphill, marathoner turned martial artist, leapt from the sofa, whirled like a dervish, and delivered a spinning back kick that knocked the gun from his hand, following it with a move I couldn't follow that sent Mapes reeling across the room, right into the arms of a cop and two thugs.