distance running

American  

[dis-tuhns ruhn-ing] / ˈdɪs təns ˌrʌn ɪŋ /

noun

1. the sport or exercise of running over a relatively long distance, especially more than 5,000 meters.

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Example Sentences

It's now seen as second fiddle to the track and road, but it's the purist form of distance running for me.

From BBC

The house was the center of some of my first memories: hiding behind the living room window curtain to play hide-and-seek, tumbling outside in the grass and looking up to see the mountain peaks in the distance; running through my great-grandmother’s garden.

From Los Angeles Times

In need of support, I asked Chat to send me inspiration in the voice of Bill Bowerman, the famed track coach who brought my mustachioed distance running hero, Steve Prefontaine, to the 1972 Munich Olympics and went on to co-found Nike.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nuguse and Ingebrigtsen are now full-on rivals—along with being among the bigger characters in distance running.

From The Wall Street Journal

That is level with Jamaican sprint star Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - the only other woman to win as many as four world titles in the same event - and distance running great Tirunesh Dibaba for the most by a female athlete in individual events.

From BBC