Longboat, who had won the Boston Marathon the year before, collapsed 19 miles into the race, perhaps because of the champagne his assistants gave him along the way.

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Shortly after booting up Dragonborn, the new DLC for Skyrim, I cautiously took a longboat out to Solstheim the (sort of) new island for the game.

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Among the contestants were Tom Longboat, an aboriginal runner from Canada whose inclusion was fervently opposed due to his race, and Dorando Pietri, a 5ft 2in, 22-year-old Italian pastry chef.

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Third, the new U.S.-spec Passat can be had with a choice of three and only three engines, one of which, the base 2.5-liter in-line five-cylinder, is a hunk of lumber pulled from the ribs of an ancient Norse longboat.

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From here it is an 18km road journey to the tiny settlement of Batang Duri where the road ends, and then onto a traditional longboat for the final 30-minute ride along the fast-flowing Temburong River to the Ulu Ulu Temburong Resort, the closest hotel to the canopy trail.

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