distance runner

Spanish endurance researcher Alejandro Lucia is well known for several classic studies of Tour de France riders and distance runners.

I suspect we won’t see many distance runners in the finals who don’t have a plate and a layer of foam under their soles.

Because in addition to studying the evolutionary history of distance running, he is a distance runner.

Among a group of some of the greatest distance runners in history, none of the standard physiological measurements—VO2 max, lactate threshold, running economy—produced any seriously eye-popping values.

I’d never say it to their faces, but as a scrawny distance runner I’ve always enjoyed watching muscle-bound decathletes run their final event, the 1,500 meters.

He was smart and tough in the way of the hard worker, the long-distance runner, the gambler who wins on stamina.

Nor is she the first female distance runner to turn to suicide.

Like the gymnast and the ballerina, the distance runner is often defined by drive and compulsion.

The distance runner is a good actor; the first lesson she learns is how to fool herself out of pain.

Unsurprisingly, the distance runner has a tendency towards obsessive-compulsive behavior.

He stuck his belly out as he walked and held his little fists on each side of his stomach like a long-distance runner.

Corporal Hamill, one of the old soldiers of the Battalion and a well-known long distance runner, was killed at the same time.

His arms and shoulders were splendidly developed, and his legs brown, and corded like a distance runner's.

His prowess as a long-distance runner had not entirely departed, although lack of training tried his wind sorely.

He started down the wide avenue with the gentle, easy stride that had made him the best long-distance runner in school.