He could not long outdistance such a runner as the Bishop, whose tremendous strides would surely overhaul him in the end.
If you outdistance someone, you are a lot better and more successful than they are at a particular activity over a period of time. It didn't matter that Ingrid had outdistanced them as a movie s(Tarih) = outdo
If you outdistance your opponents in a contest of some kind, you beat them easily. a millionaire businessman who easily outdistanced his major rivals for the nomination. = outstrip. to run, ride etc faster than other people, especially in a race, so that you are far ahead