miler

1. (sports, often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.Examples: "But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind."; "The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well."; "Indeed, with a world record‐holder or Olympic champion in almost every race, with six milers who have broken 4 minutes, eight high jumpers who can top 7 feet and seven pole vaulters who have cleared 17 feet, there is no way guessing how many Olympic champions‐elect will be on display in the hatbox over Penn Station."in-compoundsoften

2. (in combination) A race whose length is the specified number of miles.Examples: "I ran an eight-miler on Sunday and I'm still feeling sore."; "There were some impressive victories, but Fleming believes her most important race was the second of two close second-place finishes to Pippig, one in the Peachtree 10-K in Atlanta in July and the second in a seven-miler in Davenport, Iowa, a week later."; "They started with a mile; by January, they were hitting the trails at Bear Mountain at 7 a.m. on Saturdays for a brisk eight-miler."in-compounds