ultra
n.— «Later, after completing his first 50-mile “ultra”—the term for any run longer than the traditional marathon—he threw up in his company Lexus.» —“When a marathon just isn’t enough” by Mark Emmons Mercury News (San Jose, California) Oct. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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