distance runner

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But Calli Hauger-Thackery, a distance runner who has represented Team GB at the Olympics, says talking about its sporting impact is "still so taboo and it shouldn't be, because we're struggling with it".

From BBC • Jul. 25, 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

She’s the nation’s premier distance runner as a junior and qualified first in the Division 2 for the 1,600.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

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

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand