Going the Distance

A puzzle for the long run.
This sports-themed puzzle tests your endurance with clues about legendary runners, classic track movies, and the vocabulary of going the distance.
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Across

  • 1A
    Chariots of Fire or Without Limits, e.g.
  • 5A
    ___ it your all! (finishing kick advice)
  • 6A
    Under, in a phrase for a sub-four-minute run
  • 8A
    ___ into one's stride
  • 10A
    What a pacer helps you keep track of
  • 11A
    ___ the distance (completes the race)
  • 12A
    Status of runners like Zatopek and Prefontaine

Down

  • 1D
    Four laps around a standard track
  • 2D
    Steve ___, middle-distance rival of Sebastian Coe
  • 3D
    A remaining trace, as of one's energy
  • 4D
    A cramp or a pulled muscle, for a runner
  • 7D
    Garfunkel's collaborator on "The Boxer"
  • 8D
    What a finish line represents
  • 9D
    "___ for Speed" (racer's desire)