Sentence examples for poor runner from inspiring English sources

Plantier described himself as a poor runner, fielder and thrower whose best talent was pulling long fly balls.

In practice the girls had worked on Hall, the fastest swimmer on the triathlon circuit but a poor runner, giving Jenkins a tow in the water, conserving her energy and taking her away from her rivals.

I'm a poor runner and bad swimmer.

The lucky folks inside the balls get to experience a wild water ride, while the poor runners on the outside?

This is consistent with the notion that good runners exhibit better "economy" relative to poorer runners.

In particular, it would be of interest to identify putative differences in the characteristics of "good" runners versus comparatively poorer runners using HRA devices.

By comparison, the Romans and imperial Chinese were pikers; the Soviet Union in its prime was the poorest of runners-up; even the British, at the moment when the sun theoretically never set on their empire, didn't compare. .

Nobody got hurt unless you count the poor Brazilian marathon runner who got pushed off course by some wacko right off the plane from Ireland.

Minus the flying cars and holograms, the gap between the rich and the poor in Blade Runner is a clear indictment of today's massive income gap.

Speaking generally about the Mets' poor showing with runners in scoring position Monday -- 1 for 12 -- Manager Jerry Manuel said, "Obviously, I'd like to still see us do some other things offensively".

The rest of his teammates may go hungry, though, after another poor showing with runners on base undermined the Phillies in their 4-2 loss to Tampa Bay in Game 2 of the World Series at Tropicana Field.