Sentence examples for fine distance from inspiring English sources

Steeplechase competitors are often specialists, but there are examples of fine distance runners who have successfully overcome more experienced hurdlers.

So Farah went to America, as British fighters were once urged to do if they ever wanted to know about the entrails of the professional game, and under the guidance of the fine distance runner Alberto Salazar he brought himself to an entirely new level of performance on the Oregon coast.

90 miles is a fine distance, but I believe that four hours of city driving is a better metric.

When performing this trick: First, show the fake quarter to your audience within a fine distance.

And squarely in the mix: America's finest distance runner, Galen Rupp.

"Yichalal" is a word made popular in Ethiopia by Haile Gebrselassie, arguably the finest distance runner ever to grace track or road.

One of the finest distance runners in the nation and a model student-athlete during his Wolverine career from 1974-78, Donakowasinductedducted into the program's Hall of Fame in 2007.

It was here, 8,000ft above sea level, that Britain's double Olympic and world champion Farah started comprehensive altitude training in 2010 and it is here Britain's finest distance runners test their stamina and souls.

She is one of the finest distance runners in the world, with marathon wins in Rotterdam (three times), New York (two times), Lausanne and London.

Apart from a fine long-distance effort from Denis Aogo that hit the cross-bar, the only notable moment had come after the final whistle, when HSV striker Paolo Guerrero reacted to insults from an irate home supporter in a Cantonaesque fashion: the Peruvian threw his plastic bottle at the fan and struck him right in the face.

Rudisha's name has also been lobbed into the mix but while a three-way clash between the greatest sprinter, greatest 800m runner, and one of the finest middle distance runners of all time would be box office, Rudisha cannot see it happening.