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  • The two-day festival includes an aquathon 5.5km forest run/800m lake swim and 2km open water swim on January 29 and a short-distance triathlon on January 30 which includes a 750m lake swim, 16km road leg and a 5.5km forest run.

    Tour Down Under still only confirmed Armstrong appearance for 2011 2010

  • Le My Dang managed to score A*s in all her 12 GCSEs as well as competing for her school in badminton, cross country and aquathon.

    Evening Standard - Home Anna Davis 2011

  • It has appeared in such unlikely combinations as talkathon, walkathon, aquathon, ski-a-thon, bike-athon, birdathon, sell-athon, sale-athon, curl-a-thon (a ` hairstyling extravaganza '), and even the seemingly unnecessary jogathon and runathon (denoting more leisurely or shorter races than a marathon).

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVI No 1 1989

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