distance runner

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“I definitely understand the question always being there,” says Sara Hall, an elite distance runner competing in Sunday’s race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Ms Hecox, a long distance runner, lodged a legal challenge against the Idaho law in 2020 shortly after it was enacted.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

But perhaps no name carries the power and poignancy of Steve Prefontaine, the gritty, charismatic distance runner from Oregon whose life ended in a car crash in 1975.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025

“For a distance runner, there’s no place in the world like Flagstaff,” said Matt Baxter, who broke New Zealand’s national indoor record at 5,000 meters after moving to Arizona.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024

He was the youngest distance runner to ever make the team.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand