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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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