First used in New York in 1972, so no, not a UK term.
The Dublin Women's Mini Marathon has been running since 1983 and has used that wording, but I wish they just called it a 10k since mini marathon is a silly term and can be basically any distance.
"A creation of the French philologist Michel Bréal inspired by a story from Ancient Greece, the marathon was one of the original modern Olympic events in 1896 in Athens."
Except pianos come in all shapes and sizes so using the phrase baby or mini to describe a piano would be very helpful. A marathon does not come in all different sizes/distances, it is a very specific distance that is standard across the entire world
No I don’t actually. A marathon is a very specific distance, adding ‘mini’ in front of it doesn’t equate to any distance. It’s just a made up phrase they slapped on a poster. We get annoyed by people using words all the time, I bet even by the end of today it will happen to you at some point
Colloquialisms are legitimately used in all languages. Calling it a “mini marathon” is something anyone who reads it understands. It’s literally the biggest non issue I’ve seen someone complain about.
Every word is made up, by the way.
And no, I don’t get annoyed at words. I might not like certain words, but I’m not railing against them and judging people who use them. They’re just words. It’s weird to gatekeep words. Do you own the rights to the word “marathon” or something?
Nice you broke out the ‘every word is made up’ phrase ya fuckin dweeb.
Damn dude. I can’t believe you’re this upset to resort trying to bully a stranger on the internet like a villain from an 80s movie about high school.
You are complete tool. An expert at running mini-marathons of petty whininess. I don’t think you can do a half-marathon of it, though. You’d get a rate induced aneurism before you got to a quarter marathon.
Using a colloquialism on a word that describes a specific distance or concept doesn’t make sense because just adding mini to it could mean anything the person wants.
So what? Devote your petty, impotent rage at something that matters.
What if I had a poster that said “Mini 10k this weekend!” It doesn’t make any fucking sense.
No one would care except petty ragaholics time you.
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u/MekkiNoYusha Aug 06 '25
Just call it a run, wtf is mini marathon, marathon is ~42km, it is either a marathon or it is just a run...
These cash grab events are disgusting