Sentence examples for distance athlete from inspiring English sources

Victoria is a distance athlete by training, so she coped well with the physical challenge of the climb.

From Staten Island to the Pyrenees, there is no place safe from a well-hydrated distance athlete.

Since Mars is the god of war, this election lends itself to a warrior, a "long distance athlete, the person who takes on the decathlon", said Renstrom.

Apparently his blood pressure has been through the roof, which is not good for someone whose determination to be the greatest distance athlete of his age – and arguably he was in the early 80s – has left him with health problems.

"I initially wanted to be an Olympic distance athlete, but I realised my talents lay in the longer distance".

The former middle distance athlete, who won Olympic gold in 1980 and 1984, has chaired Games organiser Locog.

That is, until the distance athletes file onto the track.

In it, Burfoot describes the results of a recent study on international level Kenyan distance athletes.

Famous for her double gold winning performances at Athens 2004 Holmes has focused on charity work since retiring, nurturing young female track athletes and raising awareness on the Female Athlete Triad, a body disorder affecting female distance athletes.

A distanced and subtle observation of young runners in the Ethiopian highland town of Bekoji, famed for producing some of the world's greatest distance athletes, including Tirunesh Dibaba, Kenenisa Bekele and Derartu Tulu.

Farah looked hugely impressive in defeating a stacked 10,000m field in Portland last week but this is a much easier affair, with none of the most dangerous Kenyan or Ethiopian middle distance athletes competing.