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But Tom and Park ran a footrace when a second flag tipped up and hand-over-handed a fat walleye onto the ice.
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Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
The feature, inspired by a true story and based on an article by Hampton Sides, follows a former Olympic runner who attempts a return to glory in the world’s toughest footrace, the Marathon des Sables, a series of back-to-back marathons across the Sahara Desert.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
The film, inspired by a true story and based on an article by Hampton Sides, follows a former Olympic runner who attempts a return to glory in the world’s toughest footrace — the Marathon des Sables — which is a series of back-to-back marathons across the Sahara Desert.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Other than the marathon, the 1896 Games featured no runs longer than 1,500 meters—a footrace that took barely four and a half minutes.
—Joshua Benton, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024
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Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024
The feature, inspired by a true story and based on an article by Hampton Sides, follows a former Olympic runner who attempts a return to glory in the world’s toughest footrace, the Marathon des Sables, a series of back-to-back marathons across the Sahara Desert.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
The film, inspired by a true story and based on an article by Hampton Sides, follows a former Olympic runner who attempts a return to glory in the world’s toughest footrace — the Marathon des Sables — which is a series of back-to-back marathons across the Sahara Desert.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Other than the marathon, the 1896 Games featured no runs longer than 1,500 meters—a footrace that took barely four and a half minutes.
—Joshua Benton, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Footrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footrace. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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footrace
noun
foot·race
-ˌrās 
: a race run on foot
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