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I had the Garmin for the run - so I knew my run was averaging at a slower pace than my best for an Oly race.

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  1. intransitive verb To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride.
  2. intransitive verb To move at a fast gallop. Used of a horse.
  3. intransitive verb To retreat rapidly; flee: seized the money and ran.
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  • "The idea of bringing in more schools for the run was a good idea, it is still early in our season to know for sure what to expect." —  Daily Review Atlas Homepage RSS
  • I still hate the activity - getting out the door for a run is actually the single-hardest part of the run. —  10connects.com Local News
  • Time and time again I've written here that a run is a run, no matter how it's contributed, but at this point I think it's worth making clear that, while defense has certainly taken priority at a few positions, our offense isn't as bad as some have made it out to be. —  Lookout Landing
  • Newsprint had a long run, but the run is almost over. —  Cafferty File
  • I had the Garmin for the run - so I knew my run was averaging at a slower pace than my best for an Oly race. —  RVABlogs
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  1. Middle English ernen, runnen, from Old English rinnan, eornan, earnan, and from Old Norse rinna; see rei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. English dial. or Scots also rin, ren; from Middle English rinnen, rynnen, rennen (preterit ran, ron, plural and past participle runnen, ronnen, runne, ronne; the modern English having taken the vowel of the past participle also in the infinitive), from Anglo-Saxon rinnan (preterit ran, plural runnon, past participle gerunnen), usually transposed eornan, irnan, iernan, yrnan (preterit arn, orn, plural urnon, past participle urnen) (later Middle English ernen, etc.: see earn), run, flow, = Old Saxon rinnan = OFries. rinna, renna = Middle Dutch rinnen, rennen. runnen = Middle Low German rinnen, flow, rennen, run, = Old High German rinnan, flow, swim, run, Middle High German rinnen, German rinnen, run, flow (preterit rann, past participle geronnen), = Icelandic rinna, later renna = Swedish rinna = Danish rinde, flow, rende, run, = Gothic (Moesogothic) rinnan, run; also causative, Old Saxon rennian = Old High German rennan, Middle High German G. rennen = Gothic (Moesogothic) rannjan, cause to run; prob., with present formative -n, from √ ren, run (cf. rinc). perhaps akin to Sanskrit √ ar or ri, go. Hence ult. run, n., runaway, runnel, rennet, rine.
  2. Partly from Middle English rune, renc, ren, a course, run, running, from Anglo-Saxon ryne, course, path, orbit, also flow, flux (see rine, runnel), partly directly from the verb: see run, v.
  3. Pp. of run, v.
 

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