long-distance running
Sign in to saveAlso known as long distance race, long distance running, distance running, distance
athletic event
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Within Vinony's link graph, long-distance running is referenced by 5,963 other articles, and connects out to sport, marathon and 1912 Summer Olympics.
It sits within the topics Long-distance running, Running by type and Sport of athletics by type.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- sports discipline
- Subclass of
- racing
- Part of
- athletics
- Has part
- ekiden
- Sport
- athletics
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Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba (C) of Kenya steps over Diego Ruiz (L) of Spain and Carsten Schlangen of Germany after their round 1 men's 1500m heat during the London 2012 Olympics. Burton Holmes' photograph entitled "1896: Three athletes in training for the marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens". Paavo Nurmi, also known as the "Flying Finn", at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris; at the time, he won Olympic gold in the 5,000-meter long-distance running.
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 km (1.9 mi). Physiologically, it is essentially aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “long-distance running” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.