Related Clues:

• Sebastian Coe, e.g.
• Long-distance operator?
• Certain track athlete
• Athlete once taking part in preliminary round
• Pre-metric middle-distance runner
• Specialist on a running track
• Coe, perhaps, scratching front of Beamer
• Meet competitor
• Looking back, the Spanish in side, professionally speaking, given a run for their money
• Half-hearted storyteller is one who competes in the long run
• Runner over a specific distance
• Athlete featuring in preliminary round
• Meet someone?
• Athlete suffering reverse in the preliminaries
• Runner starts marathon in London, eagerly racing