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The action or practice of running on the road, esp. for sport or exercise.
A method of training for middle- and long-distance running, in which the athlete runs over country, mixing fast with slow work.
Athletics. The process of increasing speed, esp. at the beginning of a race; the capacity for or rate of such acceleration. (In quot. 1960: a…