long distance runner

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

Tom Courtenay in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)This film is yet again about the class system.

At age 69, Dylan, like Willie Nelson, has become, among other things, a great long-distance runner in contemporary popular music.

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 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.

I was light on my feet and uncommonly sound in wind, being by far the best long-distance runner in Kirkcaple.