More races mean more athletic children think of pursuing long distance running, especially in places like South America and China, where the sport still has significant room to grow.
Unseen, though, was another opponent: Prefontaine, whose presence decades after his death on May 30, 1975, at the age of 24, has loomed large over long distance running in the United States.
Fans who follow long-distance running are already familiar with Kenya's legendary success in the sport.
In theory, workouts and conditioning for Antista required more long-distance running while Lamoureux needed more sprinting.
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Or maybe it is because we are better at football - and hopeless at long-distance running.
In the Commons, he earned a reputation as a thoughtful, soft-spoken speaker whose outside passions include hill walking and long-distance running.
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Events like the Tough Guy and Tough Mudder are tightly controlled for safety reasons, but as with ordinary long-distance running there are injuries.
Maybe if they win again, their victories will be something more than a sad trivia question: Who won the most celebrated race in long-distance running the year the results didn't matter?
The celebrated 43-year-old restaurateur (with Mario Batali, a force behind Babbo and Del Posto, among others), winemaker and TV personality ("Master Chef") had long lived a calorie-rich high life when he dedicated himself to distance running, completing a New York City Marathon and shedding more than 50 pounds along the way.
To test this watch, I gave it to the head of our running club, a famous older man who did Ironman Triathalon, and long distance endurance events.
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