As marathons and other long distance running events are primarily about endurance, these elite runners must possess excellent cardiorespiratory fitness and efficient technique.

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We spoke with Huddle and Slattery about how women’s distance running has changed over the past 60 years, who their role models are in the sport, and the power of stories to change culture.

On one 10-mile run, Solis got lost. "It was the first time I was running in that part of the city," she tells POPSUGAR." I ended up finding my own way home, running a few miles by myself.

An elite sprinter will cover a lot more distance between each step than an endurance runner. Long strides cost a lot of energy over time for a marathoner, who will take about 12,000 strides per ...

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Instead, the women focused on getting bigger and bigger chunks of their long runs at marathon pace. Thomas, who only began running in 2006, made her marathon debut at the U.S. Olympic Trials in ...