ultrarunner
n.— «She’s one of a half dozen Clarke residents who call themselves “ultrarunners,” she said. For fun, she participates in 32-mile marathons. Sometimes she runs in 50K and 50-mile marathons.» —“Shaking, baking and fighting cancer” by Claudia Bigelow Clarke Times-Courier (Berryville, Virginia) May 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield set in today’s Appalachia. Martha shares memories of a long-ago visit to Kingsolver’s family farm in Virginia, where they...
A listener in Newport News, Virginia, says that sometimes, just for fun, he answers the phone with a homophonous I’m here to hear. You have my ear! This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Homophonous Phone Greeting: I’m Here to...