The phrase "a lean running" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe a type of running that is efficient or streamlined, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He adopted a lean running style to improve his speed and endurance during the marathon."
Alternatives: "an efficient run" or "a streamlined running style".
He is a touch player and in this form, sublimely regained after a lean run last year, a formidable one.
A lean run, culminating in a 4-0 spanking by Manchester United, threatened mid-table mediocrity instead of a place in Europe.
12.47am GMT 1st over: England 6-0 (Cook 0 Carberry 4) Cook has been in a bit of a lean run, by his own high standards.
The 30-year-old, who admitted his place in the Australian limited-overs side was under pressure after a lean run, belted 63 runs off 37 balls, his knock including three fours and four sixes.
It's a gutsy win in the end for the Brumbies down in Canberra, who arrest a lean run of form over recent weeks with a five try to three win over their South African visitors.
Celtic went through a lean run of 11 seasons without a league championship before the arrival of Jock Stein as manager in 1965, but the team went on to win nine Scottish league championships in a row from 1965 66 to 1973 74.
Having slipped to 64th in the world rankings after a lean run over the last two years, there have been encouraging recent signs that the 37-year-old Hemel Hempstead-born former Buckinghamshire amateur was getting back to his best form.
"It's not as though Tom ran a lean campaign; he was just a voracious fund-raiser".
This was a relatively busy financial period for Englebrecht, who has run a lean campaign.
His campaign plan is to cede much control to the pre-programmed super PAC and run a lean campaign operation, according to donors familiar with his operation.
