Isner may have found it difficult to shake off the "marathon man" tag but there are some other things that have stuck with him by his own choosing -- like his love for wrestling.

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Riders on horseback compete against runners in the race, which began after a pub discussion over who would win a marathon between man and horse.

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My job was to man a booth at a Boston Marathon trade show at Faneuil Hall.

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It's been 30 years since Greg Meyer won the Boston Marathon, the last U.S. man to take the title at the longest-running long run in the world.

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On that fateful day that citizen militia leveled their spears and their thin blue line attacked a professional Persian force many times their number, slaughtering them to the last man on the legendary beach of Marathon.

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The Isle of Man's first ever entry in the London wheelchair marathon has described his pride at representing the island in this weekend's event.

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Department-store surveillance video captured a man dropping off a bag at the site of the Boston Marathon bombings.

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This man is informed, experienced with respect to the flow of official activity at large marathon events and has no axe to grind.

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