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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| triathlon | x/x  | Noun  | 
| sprint | /  | Noun  | 
| race | /  | Noun  | 
| runner | /x  | Noun  | 
| workout | /x  | Noun  | 
| train | /  | Verb  | 
| run | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| mile | /  | Noun  | 
| ultra | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| route | /  | Noun  | 
| half | /  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| racecourse | //  | Noun  | 
| distance | /x  | Noun  | 
| racetrack | /x  | Noun  | 
| course | /  | Noun  | 
| brevet | x/  | Noun  | 
| finish line | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| track | /  | Noun  | 
| walk | /  | Noun  | 
| track meet | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| league | /  | Noun  | 
| century | /xx  | Noun  | 
| running track | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| athlete | /x  | Noun  | 
| lane | /  | Noun  | 
| race meeting | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| tape | /  | Noun  | 
| tour | /  | Noun  | 
| motorway | /xx  | Noun  | 
| madison | /xx  | Name  | 
| relay race | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| leap | /  | Noun  | 
| wire | /x  | Noun  | 
| horse racing | //x  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| handicap | /xx  | Noun  | 
| rat race | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| career | x/  | Noun  | 
| relay | /x  | Noun  | 
| obstacle course | /xx/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| stadium | /xx  | Noun  | 
| rally | /x  | Noun  | 
| moto | /x  | Noun  | 
| straightaway | /xx  | Noun  | 
| pursuit | x/  | Noun  | 
| shooting match | /x/  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| straightway | /x  | Adverb  | 
| meet | /  | Verb  | 
| scramble | /x  | Noun  | 
| stretch | /  | Noun  | 
| swim meet | //  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| athletics | x/x  | Noun  | 
| assault course | x//  | Phrase, Noun  | 
| apron | /x  | Noun  | 
| salamis | x/x  | Name  | 
| thermopylae | /xx/  | Name  | 
| deme | x  | Noun  | 
| alpine | /x  | Noun  | 
| olympic | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| grueling | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| agincourt | /xx  | Name  | 
| eleusis | x/x  | Name  | 
| nonstop | x/  | Adjective  | 
| plain | /  | Noun  | 
| winner | /x  | Noun  | 
| nude | /  | Adjective  | 
| exhausting | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| battle | /x  | Noun  | 
| attica | /xx  | Name  | 
| victors | /x  | Noun  | 
| bull | /  | Noun  | 
| battlefield | /xx  | Noun  | 
| persians | /x  | Name  | 
| fastest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| victories | /xx  | Noun  | 
| spoils | /  | Noun  | 
| athens | /x  | Name  | 
| finish | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| greeks | /  | Name  | 
| defeat | x/  | Noun  | 
| competed | x/x  | Verb  | 
| medal | /x  | Noun  | 
| grove | /  | Noun  | 
| completing | x/x  | Verb  | 
| won | /  | Verb  | 
| prestigious | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| bay | /  | Noun  | 
| heroes | /x  | Noun  | 
| longest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| fought | /  | Verb  | 
| start | /  | Noun  | 
| encounter | x/x  | Noun  | 
| landing | /x  | Noun  | 
| annual | /xx  | Adjective  | 
| endless | /x  | Adjective  | 
| meters | /x  | Noun  | 
| oldest | /x  | Adjective  | 
| counties | /x  | Noun  | 
| attracts | x/  | Verb  | 
| soldier | /x  | Noun  | 
| negotiating | x/xxx  | Verb  | 
| hope | /  | Noun  | 
| equivalent | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| first | /  | Adjective  | 
| preparing | x/x  | Verb  | 
| looks | /  | Verb  | 
| qualify | /xx  | Verb  | 
| leg | /  | Noun  | 
| famous | /x  | Adjective  | 
| participated | x/xxx  | Verb  | 
| eve | /  | Noun  | 
| participants | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| village | /x  | Noun  | 
| pride | /  | Noun  | 
| record | x/  | Noun  | 
| swimming | /x  | Verb  | 
| hours | /x  | Noun  | 
| boston | /x  | Name  | 
| session | /x  | Noun  | 
| watching | /x  | Verb  | 
| marched | /  | Verb  | 
| completion | x/x  | Noun  | 
| auction | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| audition | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| barefoot | /x  | Adverb, Adjective, Noun  | 
| bout | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| commercial | x/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| concert | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| country | /x  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| extracurricular | xxx/xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| festival | /xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| freestyle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| game | /  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| gruelling | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| moon | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| ouachita | x/x  | Name  | 
| paleolithic | xxx/x  | Name, Adjective  | 
| playing | /x  | Noun  | 
| potty | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| prehistoric | xx/x  | Adjective  | 
| rodeo | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| roundup | /x  | Noun  | 
| safari | x/x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| service | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| shorter | /x  | Noun  | 
| show | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| ski | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| special | /x  | Adjective, Noun, Verb  | 
| stint | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| tournament | /xx  | Noun  | 
| treasurer | /xx  | Noun  | 
| trek | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| trial | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| trip | /  | Noun, Verb, Adjective  | 
| daylight | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| stovepipe | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| headlines | /x  | Noun  | 
| cluster | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| chunk | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| collocation | xx/x  | Noun  | 
| sop | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| idiomatic | xxx/x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| standard | /x  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| dialect | /xx  | Noun  | 
| nsa | x  | Name, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| vernacular | x/xx  | Noun, Adjective  | 
| stonewall | /x  | Name, Verb, Adjective  | 
| aisle | /  | Noun  | 
| expression | x/x  | Noun  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| backwater | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| literally | /xxx  | Adverb  | 
| gloss | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| closet | /x  | Noun, Adjective, Verb  | 
| bundle | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
