Sentence examples for top distance from inspiring English sources

He was Top Distance Swimmer at the Mount Vernon Y, in Westchester: He swam six miles in the contest and would have continued, but the judges said, "Enough!

With marathons becoming increasingly wealthy, appearance fees and prize money have skyrocketed, and top distance runners can earn an excellent living.

He was in danger of plateauing, content with a level of achievement that was hugely admirable – the top distance runner in Europe – but way off the world's best.

Her guide there was Andreas Ras, a 63-year-old biotechnologist who, when not in his laboratory, ranks among Norway's top distance runners in his age group.

Repeating a mantra can keep athletes positive and relaxed, said John F. Murray, a sports psychologist in Palm Beach, Fla. Whether inspired by faith or a fifth-grade teacher, here are mantras used by some top distance runners.

Today, Prokopcuka is recognized as one of the top distance runners in the world, a gritty competitor with an air of grace, known as much for toughness as for a sense of style.

The apparent diameter of protofibril (8.7±1.1 nm) was evaluated by measuring the top-to-top distance between two adjacent protofibrils because this distance is not affected by tip convolution (see sections in Fig. 1D).

Similarly to AFM imaging in air, lateral association of protofibrils (up to 8) was observed (Fig. 2A and D, Fig. 3A and Movie S1) and more accurate width value was obtained by measuring top-to-top distance between adjacent protofibrils (9.9±2.8 nm)(Fig. 2B, blue profile).

We measured five variables: gill height and gill depth (side view), gill width (top view), distance between the three gill rachises (front view) and the length of the second gill rachis (top and front views) (illustrated in Figure. 4).

Kim Pawalek, a top American distance runner for seven years, is still looking for some respect.

The 10,000m victory in Moscow was just the latest confirmation of his status at the top in distance running.