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long-distance runner

NOUN
  1. someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)

How To Use long-distance runner In A Sentence

  • No one by 1989 could doubt the Prime Minister's stamina as, politically, a long-distance runner.
  • It gave his face a lean, rather surprisingly attractive ascetic look—the look of long-distance runners, saints, martyrs, and fanatics, the kind of elongated, soulful face that El Greco painted so hauntingly. Twilight
  • If that sounds selfish then that is the lot of the long-distance runner. Times, Sunday Times
  • At the outset I assumed I would end up with two sprinters, two milers and two long-distance runners.
  • As intended, it was the highlight of the film and successfully reflected the pain endured by long-distance runners.
  • Many long-distance runners find a bowl of porridge consumed two to three hours before a long run is ideal. Times, Sunday Times
  • Small amounts of iron are lost through sweat and there's some evidence that long-distance runners are prone to 'foot-strike haemolysis'. Times, Sunday Times
  • They have slim legs with high calf muscles, a very efficient anatomy for a long-distance runner. Times, Sunday Times
  • Like most long-distance runners she is very slight.
  • Remember the loneliness of the long-distance runner? Times, Sunday Times
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