distance runner

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The two-time Olympic gold medalist and 12-time major marathon champion knows that the 26.2-mile route from Hopkinton to Boston’s Back Bay isn’t like those flat and friendly courses where he established himself as perhaps the greatest distance runner of all time.

From Washington Times

Ally, a former distance runner, researched the mechanisms of visual memory and perception, working largely with Alzheimer’s patients.

From Washington Post

“My attitude toward running these days is more fun, trying to stay in shape and beating back the beer and pizza kind of thing,” Burrell, a former hurdler, high jumper and middle distance runner at Richmond, said in a phone interview.

From Washington Post

In 2004, Goucher and her husband, Adam, also a champion distance runner, were offered spots in a great experiment, the Oregon Project, an elite team of American distance runners sponsored by Nike.

From Washington Post

The 40-year-old former pro surfer and distance runner faces the risk of blindness, infected ears and dehydration, as well as sleep deprivation, hypothermia, shark attack and jellyfish stings.

From BBC