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A marathon is a distance race of 26.21875 miles (42.195 km). By extension, in general speech it's a lengthy, arduous or time-consuming undertaking.

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Canada

Computer games

Confectionery

  • Until 1990, the name in the United Kingdom for a Snickers bar
  • Marathon (candy) (unrelated to the candy above), a candy bar that was available in the US from 1973-1982

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Business

Entertainment

Philanthropy

  • Dance Marathon, the multiple day charity events on US college campuses to raise money for local philanthropies
marathon is a long-distance running event of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles 385 yards) that can be run either as a road race or off-road (for example, on mountain trails).

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The name marathon
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Battle of Marathon, Greek Μάχη τοῡ Μαραθῶνος
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Marathon, Florida
Location in Monroe County and the state of Florida
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Florida
County Monroe
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Florida Keys Marathon Airport (IATA: MTH, ICAO: KMTH, FAA LID: MTH) is a public airport located three miles (4.8 km) east of Marathon, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The airport covers 190 acres and has one runway.
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Marathon is a town in Cortland County, New York, USA. The population was 2,189 at the 2000 census.

The Town of Marathon contains a village of Marathon. The town is on the south border of the county and is southeast of Cortland.
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Marathon, New York

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Country United States
State New York
County Cortland
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Marathon, Texas

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Location of Marathon, Texas
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Texas
County Brewster
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Marathon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is part of the Wausau, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 125,834. Its county seat is Wausau6.

Geography

According to the U.S.
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Marathon City, Wisconsin

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Location of Marathon City, Wisconsin
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Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Marathon
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Town of Marathon, Ontario
Motto: Built On Paper - Laced With Gold!
Superior In The Long Run
Location of
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The Marathon Trilogy is a science fiction series of first-person shooter computer games from Bungie Software, originally released for the Macintosh. In the storyline of the games, the Marathon
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Marathon is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game published and developed by Bungie Software for the Apple Macintosh in late 1994. It is the first of three games in the Marathon Trilogy of the same name. It spawned two sequels, and Marathon Infinity.
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Marathon Infinity is the third and final game in the Marathon Trilogy of science fiction first-person shooter computer games from Bungie Software. The game was released on October 15, 1996 and included more levels than its predecessor .
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Snickers is a sweet bar made by Mars, Incorporated. It consists of peanut butter nougat topped with roasted peanuts and caramel covered with milk chocolate.[1] Snickers is the best selling candy bar of all time and has annual global sales of US$2 billion.
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Marathon was a candy bar consisting of eight inches of braided chocolate and caramel. It was manufactured by Mars, Incorporated and first sold in the United States in August 1973.
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Marathón

Full name Club Deportivo Marathón
Nickname(s) Monstruo Verde
Verdolagas
Panza Verdes
Esmeraldas
Founded November 25, 1925
Ground
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A ski marathon is a long distance cross-country skiing race.

Races include:
  • Vasaloppet at Dalarna, Sweden, held annually on the first Sunday of March--the Worlds oldest such race.

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half marathon is a road running event of 21,097.5 meters, or 13 7/64 miles, about 13.1 miles. It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads.
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Marathon dancing is a dance activity that became very trendy in the 1920s and 1930s. Many out-of-work people competed in the contests in order to achieve fame or win monetary prizes.
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Marathon Oil Corp

Public
Founded 1887
Headquarters Houston, TX

Key people Clarence Cazalot, Jr., President & CEO
Industry energy / oil and gas
Products Petrochemical
Revenue $64.
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Marathon Petroleum Company (MPC) is a fully owned, American subsidiary of the Marathon Oil Corporation. The subsidiary was formed on September 1, 2005, from the former Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC, and is based in Findlay, Ohio.
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The Checker Marathon was an automobile produced by the Checker Motors Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan between 1961 and 1982.

Marathons were produced in both four-door sedan and four-door station wagon forms, and the rare eight-door "Aero Cab".
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There have been several films under the name Marathon
  • Marathon (1987 film)
  • Marathon (1992 film) a Spanish film about the Barcelona Olympics
  • Marathon (2002 film), a neurotic New York women solves crosswords

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In television, a marathon is typically the sequential broadcast of a single or a number of related television programs, most notably reflecting a theme.

Marathons are usually aired by cable channels and consist of numerous episodes of a TV series once broadcast on network
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A telethon is a fundraising event broadcast on television that lasts many hours or even days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political, or other allegedly worthy cause. Correspondingly, the term is a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon.".
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Marathon Media Group

Public
Founded 1990
Headquarters Paris

Key people Olivier Brémond
Pascal Breton
Industry TV production
Products Marathon Production Marathon Animation is a part of Marathon Production
Revenue $6.
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Marathon Man
Author William Goldman
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Conspiracy thriller novel
Publisher Delacorte Press
Publication date 1974
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Marathon is a 1979 album by Santana.

Track listing

  1. "Marathon" (Santana)
  2. "Lightning in the Sky" (Santana, Solberg)
  3. "Aqua Marine" (Pasqua, Santana)
  4. "You Know That I Love You" (Ligertwood, Pasqua, Santana)

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Power Windows
(1985) Hold Your Fire
(1987)

Power Windows is the eleventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music).
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