distance runner
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In 2004, Goucher and her husband, Adam, also a champion distance runner, were offered spots in a great experiment, the Oregon Project, an elite team of American distance runners sponsored by Nike.
From Washington Post
The 40-year-old former pro surfer and distance runner faces the risk of blindness, infected ears and dehydration, as well as sleep deprivation, hypothermia, shark attack and jellyfish stings.
From BBC
Former and current athletes include Kendall Spencer, a long jumper who went to New Mexico; Megan Koch, a middle distance runner from Colorado College; and Madeleine McKenna, a volleyball player from California University of Pennsylvania.
From Seattle Times
She now has more than any track athlete in history, save a Finnish distance runner, Paavo Nurmi, who won 12 between 1920 and 1928.
From Seattle Times
Not since the days of the great Emil Zatopek has a distance runner clinched three individual medals.
From Seattle Times
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