This is a list of people who compete professionally in long-distance running, or if not professional have won top level international medals or other such...

known primarily for running marathons, see List of marathoners or Category:Long-distance runners. Some of these people have competed in more than one...

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a 1962 British coming-of-age film directed by Tony Richardson, one of the new young directors emerging from...

ultra distance or ultra running, is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of 42.195 kilometres (26 mi 385 yd). Various distances, surfaces...

25 August 1992) is a British long-distance runner. In 2023, she became the fifth fastest British female marathon runner of all time. Between 2008 and 2010...

(born 10 September 1996) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in road running. His personal best of 57:59 in the half marathon set at the...

Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ontario and, for much of his career, the dominant long-distance runner. He was known...

triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion...

a futuristic, Blade Runner-inspired environment. Much like the cover of Powerslave, the wraparound album cover holds a plethora of references to earlier...

The World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships (from 2004 up to 2014 the name was World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge), is an annual...

1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. Sisay Lemma began his running career at 17 and initially competed barefoot due to a lack of running shoes. In...

Μαραθώνιος) is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 km (26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on...

Indian long-distance runner who became notable for his athletic feats as a child. He has been acclaimed as the world's youngest marathon runner. He ran...

Long-distance motorcyclists with Wikipedia articles, with tours in chronological order. Rafferty, Tod (1999). The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of...

a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" or the "Phantom Finn", as he dominated distance running in the 1920s...

was an American long-distance runner. He was most notable for competing in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. He was also the father of Hart wrestling family...

December 1998) is a Chinese athlete from Pingluo County. He competes in long-distance running. In 2023, he won the gold medal in the men's marathon at the...

"professional world record" at the 25 mile distance of 2 hours, 33 minutes and 42 seconds was set by British runner Len Hurst on August 27, 1903. Some sources...

Samantha Harrison (born 1 February 1995) is a British long-distance runner. She finished sixth in the 10,000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham...

Ronald Moreton Grant OAM (born 1943) is an Australian long distance runner. In 1983, Ron Grant ran 13,383 km (8,316 mi) around Australia in 217 days. He...

The 5K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of five kilometres (3.107 mi). Also referred to as the 5K road race, 5 km, or simply...

one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time. Runnerworld called him the "Most comprehensive runner of all time". Towards the end of his...

Central Parkway— a distance of 0.5488 miles (883 m)—while the streets are in normal use. The runners have 52 days to complete the distance, running from 6...

Marc Scott (born 21 December 1993) is a British long-distance runner. He took his first global medal with bronze in the 3000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor...

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or Jesper Kenn Olsen, is a multiple national record holder ultra distance runner from Denmark, and was the second person verified to have run around...

on the curve of a standard track (where the runners are staggered in their starting position, to ensure that they all run the same distance), and ends on...

Founded in 1958, the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) is the oldest and largest distance running organization in the United States with over 1,500...

professional runners, between 185 and 200 steps per minute. The main difference between long- and short-distance runners is the length of stride rather...

March 1983) is a Somali-born British retired long-distance runner. Considered one of the greatest runners of all time, his ten global championship gold...