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Meanings of long-distance runner in English

Catalan
corredor de marató
Spanish
corredor de maratón

Someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)

corredor de marató
Russian
легкоатлет-cтайер
Portuguese
fundista
Spanish
corredor de fondo
Catalan
corredor de llarga distància

Sportsperson who runs for distances longer than 3000 metres.

Related terms
легкоатлет-cтайер
Synonyms
Examples for "marathoner"
Examples for "marathoner"
1
Spot the difference between a marathoner at five miles and at 25 miles.
The Irish Times
2
Radcliffe, if reminder is needed, is the world's top-ranked marathoner.
The Irish Times
3
Jimmy Yan took Berman to the apartment where the marathoner Yao Hong-Xiau was staying.
Nano
4
A marathoner, he wears jogging shorts and a sleeveless T-shirt.
The world without us
5
Now, Henry made a marathoner's final kick toward Ruth.
The last hero: a life of henry aaron
1
Last year Ireland's outstanding marathon runner Catherina McKiernan won the national prize.
The Irish Times
2
We need the pace of a marathon runner, Renzi said on Thursday.
Reuters
3
Kinderman was way back, still keeping his steady marathon runner's pace unchanged.
Complete Books of Blood
4
It is a strange paradox that age makes a better marathon runner.
The Guardian
5
The final election count is a bit like a distressed marathon runner.
The Guardian
1
The road runner of rock performs tonight and tomorrow night at 11 p.m.
The Irish Times
2
So if you remember, Wile E. Coyote would chase the Road Runner.
Wired
3
He pressed Road Runner with his knees and leaned toward the Espinosa.
Waifs and Strays / Part 1
4
It was like Wile E. Coyote in those old Road Runner cartoons.
Apocalypse of the Dead
5
Butters brought the Road Runner to a stop and set the parking break.
Ghost Story
Usage of long-distance runner in English
1
Forget all you know about the loneliness of the long-distance runner.
The Irish Times
2
The only thing a long-distance runner thinks about more than running is food.
The Irish Times
3
The long-distance runner drives himself to run always farther and faster.
Industrial Society and Its Future
4
She'd always had the build of a long-distance runner, long and lean and strong.
Summer knight
5
They watched as Wanda worked, and soon she was sweating like a long-distance runner.
Raising Stony Mayhall
6
It's like how Morrissey was a great long-distance runner in high school-nobodyknows that, either.
Chuck klosterman on pop
7
British long-distance runner and Tokyo hopeful Lily Partridge agreed.
News.com.au
8
Perhaps a javelin thrower, or a long-distance runner.
The Wolf’s Hour
9
I mean, you are a world-class long-distance runner.
Wired
10
But he had never been a long-distance runner.
The Story of Wool
11
Her throbbing calf registered distantly, as muscle fatigue might inform a long-distance runner without compromising the goal.
Indivisible
12
My friend is obsessed with her weight and how it affects her performance as a long-distance runner.
The Irish Times
13
Continued service, and I'm a long-distance runner.
Ebony
14
As a middle-aged long-distance runner whose injury count plummeted after switching from concrete to countryside, I recommend it.
The Irish Times
15
The great long-distance runner, you remember.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition...
16
Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge made history earlier in the year by breaking the two-hour barrier in a marathon.
The South African