And long enough to get many requests for dances and to be supper partner from other runners who congratulated her.

Over the last 10 months, race organizers had heard from enough uneasy runners that they had considered re-routing the race.

He then switched to the 800 metre event, but failed to make an impact due to competition from other Kenyan runners.

But what came out - involuntarily - was a sort of whispered shriek, drawing odd looks from nearby runners.

They grow from runners - you know, long stems sent out from the plants.

The new series evoked kind words from runners.

She was a sort of middlegirl, who took bets from runners, then phoned them to the bookie's back office.

Reporters and spectators said several leading women had accepted bottles or cups of water during the race from male runners.

More blood can be drawn from runners, of course, and the vaccine should be administered in proportion to body weight.

Steinfeld said that more than 70,000 applications, a record, were received from runners who wanted to participate in this year's marathon.