distance runner

Spanish endurance researcher Alejandro Lucia is well known for several classic studies of Tour de France riders and distance runners.

I suspect we won’t see many distance runners in the finals who don’t have a plate and a layer of foam under their soles.

Because in addition to studying the evolutionary history of distance running, he is a distance runner.

Among a group of some of the greatest distance runners in history, none of the standard physiological measurements—VO2 max, lactate threshold, running economy—produced any seriously eye-popping values.

I’d never say it to their faces, but as a scrawny distance runner I’ve always enjoyed watching muscle-bound decathletes run their final event, the 1,500 meters.

Their leader, Njie, still going by “Dave” during the operation, would stay a safe distance away until the State House was secure.

“The level of outside support… has not been sufficient enough for them to distance themselves from al Nusra,” Cafarella said.

The younger brother would try everything in his power from a distance to subdue the roaring flames of passion.

How much distance was there between the two men when Brown was shot?

I was in a long-distance relationship at the time with my high-school boyfriend.

Off went the officers again, some distance to the front, and then back again to their men, and got them on a little further.

Distance, the uncertain light, and imagination, magnified it to a high wall; high as the wall of China.

A lateen sail was visible in the direction of Cat Island, and others to the south seemed almost motionless in the far distance.

To talk German was beyond the sweep of my dizziest ambition, but an Italian runner or porter instantly presented himself.

And the others, not knowing that he had that day repented, sat at their distance and tried to form no conclusion.