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Following a warning from an oracle, Atalanta, known for her swift running pace, proclaimed that a potential suitor must beat her in a footrace, and that losers be killed.
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
But Tom and Park ran a footrace when a second flag tipped up and hand-over-handed a fat walleye onto the ice.
—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
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
But Tom and Park ran a footrace when a second flag tipped up and hand-over-handed a fat walleye onto the ice.
—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
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“Footrace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footrace. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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footrace
noun
foot·race
-ˌrās 
: a race run on foot
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