miler
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1ADJ.
old, still
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noun
An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.
But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind.
The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.
A race whose length is the specified number of miles.
I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore.
There were some impressive victories, but Fleming believes her most important race was the second of two close second-place finishes to Pippig, one in the Peachtree 10-K in Atlanta in July and the second in a seven-miler in Davenport, Iowa, a week later.
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3But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind.
WiktionaryThe champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.
WiktionaryIndeed, with a world record‐holder or Olympic champion in almost every race, with six milers who have broken 4 minutes, eight high jumpers who can top 7 feet and seven pole vaulters who have cleared 1
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