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You're on the road for months on end.

You miss holidays, you miss senior family.

You're so tired on a daily basis that even talking on the phone sounds just exhausting.

Meet Amy Craig.

I cannot imagine spending my days the way she does.

I'm a professional distance runner.

Is that a job?

Yes, it is.

I race marathons and road races and track races and that's my job.

It's not just a job for her.

Amy's at the top of her field.

She can run a mile in less than six minutes, 26 times in a row.

My dream was to make the Olympics in the marathon.

For five years she'd been running professionally and pursuit of that milestone.

The women's race and the Olympic marathon trials down to a lead pack of four at the moment.

Only three comprise the US Olympic marathon team.

In 2012 Amy missed the Olympic marathon team by one spot.

In a race that took her nearly two and a half hours, she was just one minute and twelve seconds too slow.

A bittersweet moment as she finishes in four seconds.

Four years later she had another chance.

It was 2016 in Los Angeles.

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