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ultrarunning

ultrarunning noun: the running of ultramarathons.

Noun

ultrarunning (uncountable)

  1. The running of ultramarathons.
    • Last year, Ms. Merino became one of just over 300 people to complete the Grand Slam of ultrarunning.2015 June 19, Jonathan Schienberg, “For a Teacher, Back-to-Back Marathons, Then Fourth-Graders”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020
    • 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...2021 May 25, Matthew Futterman, “‘I Am So Freaked Out. I Can’t Even Get My Mind Around It.’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2021

Origin of ultrarunning

From ultra- + running.

Questions about ultrarunning

What does ultrarunning mean?
Ultrarunning means the running of ultramarathons.
What part of speech is ultrarunning?
Ultrarunning is a noun.

Words near ultrarunning in the dictionary

  1. ultraroyalist
  2. ultraroyalists
  3. ultrarun
  4. ultrarunner
  5. ultrarunners
  6. ultrarunning
  7. ultraruns
  8. ultras
  9. ultrasafe
  10. ultrasanguine
  11. ultrascaffold

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