distance running

[dis-tuhns ruhn-ing]

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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Five decades after our school opened its doors just off Highway 101 northwest of L.A., it had produced almost zero success in distance running.

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In one famous example, a woman who claimed benefits citing her ill health was exposed through her social media posts about long distance running.

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Track & Field Championships on Sunday that a respected distance running coach and author declared it was “the most impressive athletic feat in history.”

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