Ultrarunning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ultrarunning is a noun meaning The running of ultramarathons.
Meaning
The running of ultramarathons.
Example Sentences
Last year, Ms. Merino became one of just over 300 people to complete the Grand Slam of ultrarunning.
Tragedy is hardly a foreign concept in ultrarunning, races longer than the standard marathon distance of 26.2 miles. But the scale of the loss of life in Gansu Province was hard for even veterans of the growing sport to fathom. […] “I am so freaked out,” Katie Arnold, an ultrarunning champion and the author of the memoir, “Running Home,” said Monday. “I can’t even get my mind around it.”
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ultrarun, ultradistance, ultrasuperovulation, gruelling, grueling, ultrapoverty.
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