Related Clues:

• Marathon record broken by nationalist's leader
• Fallen tree trunk around northern pine
• Man in field badly wants a pee
• Not short, line concerning head of government
• "___ story short ..."
• "To make a __ story short ... "
• 'To make a __ story short ... '
• Desire very much
• Highly extended
• The "L" of LP
• Sleep-inducing, maybe, as a lecture
• Marathon taking place, cutting through Lake Geneva, initially
• Like a four-hour movie
• *One-in-a-million chance
• Like the description “drawn out excessively to the point of ridiculousness”