elite runners
Fastest competitive athletes
Elite runners are athletes who compete at the highest levels of the sport, typically professionals or top amateurs who run near world-record pace.
The term appears most often in distance running—marathons, track events, and road races: Elite runners start in a separate corral ahead of recreational participants.
The designation usually implies sponsored or prize-money competition, distinguishing these athletes from casual or amateur runners.
- marathonersPeople who complete 26.2-mile races
- sprintersBrief-race speed athletes
- trackPath or monitored route
- paceSpeed of movement
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
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