long distance runner

His personal biography describes him as a "community activist, long distance runner, new grandfather and failed musician".

After the successful adaptation of Saturday Night into a film, work quickly followed to turn Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - a Sillitoe short story - into another film.

Barnett was on the track team at Aberdeen High School, where he was recognized as the greatest long distance runner in the school’s history.

The 5-foot-7, 125-pound long distance runner is silent as he stares ahead for 18 miles, chasing a vision.

Joanna Harper, a competitive long distance runner in Britain, noticed that her pace began to slow just a few months after taking testosterone-suppressing drugs during her transition nearly 20 years ago.