11.   A distance runner who likes to pull the trigger, Begala was out in front early in the controversy.

12.   Braxton was replaced on an interim basis by Ken Lehman, who had been ASU head cross-country coach and assistant track coach in charge of distance runners.

13.   But for Majid abu Maraheel, a distance runner, simply carrying the Palestinian flag at the opening ceremonies in Atlanta will be more than enough glory.

14.   But he made a bigger mark as a visionary in an era when American distance runners had few races each year.

15.   But she has the aerobic capacity of a distance runner and the fearlessness of a high-wire walker.

16.   But McMahon overcame the rain and sleet to establish herself as a world-class distance runner.

17.   But somewhere the late, great distance runner must be shaking his head over the competition about to take place this summer.

18.   Distance runners generally have more slow-twitch muscle fibers, which the report says take longer to deteriorate.

19.   Distance runners have mostly slow twitch muscles in their legs, Costill found, while sprinters have mostly fast twitch muscles.

20.   Distance runners loathe it.