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“I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I can honestly say that I’ve never seen anyone dominate distance racing in the way that she has,” Good Counsel Coach Richard Hiegel said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2022

The distance racing is a metaphor of sorts for the grueling journey Parker has made since returning grievously wounded from Afghanistan in 2010.

From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2019

Cromwell, Montgomery’s coach, said he thought that insensitivity to the pain of distance racing could be marginally advantageous.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2014

Outside, I kept expecting to hear a cop’s siren wailing away in the distance, racing toward us, flipping on its spotlight and calling for us to “Freeze!” over their loudspeaker.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Boys under sixteen should avoid exercise of strain, such as weight lifting, or sprint running over one hundred yards, or long distance racing.

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America