Marathon (disambiguation)

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A marathon is a distance race of 26.21875 miles (42.195 km). By extension, in general speech it's a lengthy, arduous or time-consuming undertaking.

Marathon may also refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 Computer games 3 Confectionery 4 Sports 5 Business 6 Entertainment 7 Philanthropy

[edit] Places

In Canada:

• Marathon, Ontario, Canada

In Greece:

• Marathon, Greece, after which the distance race was named
  • Battle of Marathon

In the United States:

• Marathon, Florida
• Marathon, Iowa
• Marathon Township, Michigan
• Marathon (town), New York
• Marathon (village), New York
• Marathon, Ohio
• Marathon, Texas
• Marathon County, Wisconsin
• Marathon City, Wisconsin

[edit] Computer games

• The Marathon Trilogy, a series of first-person shooters for the Macintosh produced by Bungie Software in the mid-1990s
  • Marathon (computer game), the first in the trilogy (1994)
  • Marathon 2: Durandal, the second in the trilogy (1995)
  • Marathon Infinity, the third in the trilogy (1996)
• A fictional class of cruiser, from the Halo universe

[edit] Confectionery

• Until 1990, the name in the United Kingdom for a Snickers bar
• Marathon (candy) (unrelated to the candy above), a candy bar that was available in the US from 1973-1982

[edit] Sports

• Club Deportivo Marathón, a Honduran soccer club
• Ski marathon
• Mini marathon
• Half marathon
• Marathon dancing
• Marathon cruising

[edit] Business

• Marathon Motor Works, producers of the Marathon automobile
• Marathon Oil Corporation
• Marathon Petroleum Company, subsidiary of the above, formed by the former Marathon Ashland Petroleum, LLC
• Checker Marathon, an automobile produced by the Checker Motors Company between 1961 and 1982; the best known use was as a taxicab
• Marathon Coach, custom coach and RV company based in Coburg, Oregon

[edit] Entertainment

• Marathon a track from Dilated Peoples
• Marathon (film), a Korean film
• Marathon (television), the sequential broadcast of a number of related television programs; see also telethon
• Marathon Production, a TV program production and distribution company
• Marathon Man, a novel later adapted into a movie starring Dustin Hoffman
• Marathon (album), an album from Carlos Santana
• "Marathon", a song by Rush from Power Windows (album)
• "Marathon", a song by Kayo Dot from Choirs of the Eye.
• The Marathon, a 1919 film starring Harold Lloyd
• The Marathons were the alter ego of The Vibrations, an R&B group

[edit] Philanthropy

• Dance Marathon, the multiple day charity events on US college campuses to raise money for local philanthropies