Endurance sport

How it is used

Common for marathon running, cycling, rowing, triathlon, and cross-country skiing. It often involves aerobic capacity and pacing.

Example sentences

1. She moved from sprinting to an endurance sport because she preferred steady pacing and long weekends of structured training.

   Here, the term groups sports that reward lasting effort and pacing rather than short bursts of maximum speed.

2. The clinic's workshop explained how nutrition changes when an athlete prepares for an endurance sport such as a marathon or triathlon.

   In this example, the term identifies a category of sport that requires different preparation because effort lasts much longer.

Common collocations

• endurance sport athlete
• endurance sport training
• endurance sport event
• endurance sport nutrition

Related terms

• enduranceThe ability to keep up physical effort for a long time without tiring, important in sports like running, cycling, swimming and rowing.
• marathonA long-distance running race of 42.195 kilometres (26.2 miles), usually held on roads; the word is also used for any very long event.

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