WordNet
n. someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) [syn: marathoner, marathon runner, road runner]
Usage examples of "long-distance runner".
She was like a long-distance runner who, at the edge of exhaustion, was beginning to find inside herself the courage to go on, to draw on her conviction so that she could finish what she had had the audacity to begin.
You're the greatest long-distance runner in your country's historyyou can't pretend that doesn't mean something.
You're the greatest long-distance runner in your country's history&mdash.
You're the greatest long-distance runner in your country's history\a151you can't pretend that doesn't mean something.
He was shorter and smaller than the other men, with the build of a long-distance runner and the blue eyes, wavy, thick blond hair and handsome face of a Hollywood star.
He was an excellent long-distance runner, but doubted Sheen would go for that sort of thing, which eliminated the flat surface.
Mapes wore sandals and a bikini swimming suit, and his body was as lean and tan as a long-distance runner's.
At the end of Old Road he hit the incline of the hill and felt the pain of the long-distance runner.