Sentences with phrase «last couple of runs»

I'm heading to Late Night with Seth Meyers tonight, seeing a Broadway show later this week and getting in my last couple of runs before this Saturday's attempt at my first half marathon.

Not exact matches

Over the last two decades of building and running businesses, and the last couple of years working full time with dozens of startup founders and CEOs on their strategies and funding plans in my consultancy business, I have observed that there are a common set of reasons that startups struggle and fail, and a consistent set of factors that make startup companies successful.

A cheap date — defined as cab rides, dinner or lunch for two at a pub or diner, soft drinks, two movie tickets and a couple of beers — runs about $ 195.90 in Zurich, down around 7 percent from last year, the survey found.

Although the stock market had a bit of a run over the last couple of months, most investors are still flocking to stable stocks.

«GFL has been running a process over the last couple of months to appoint banks for an IPO,» said an investment banker.

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk flipped the switch last week on the first half of his company's 100 - megawatt battery in South Australia, with a couple of months to run on his audacious promise to complete the installation within 100 days or deliver it for free.

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk flipped the switch last week on the first half of his company's 100 - megawatt battery in South Australia, with a couple of months to run on his

I have an errand to run — but if you insist, I will copy and paste some of your statements from the last couple weeks, and you can explain how it was really said from a «loving» Christian point of view.

That may have been a bit high, but I've been running high for the last couple of weeks, so it worked out well.

The two things I've been dreaming about for the last couple weeks of the trip have been going for a run and a simple summer vegetable soup.

After a few years where he was widely considered to be the best winger in the world â $ «a period which took in a Championsâ $ ™ League victory â $ «many believed Giggs was on his way down after a run of poor form over the last couple of seasons.

The obvious first - choice would be David Ospina, but the Colombian has made it clear in the last couple of seasons that he is not happy sitting on the bench at Arsenal, and with his contract running out at the end of this season, the 29 year - old is likely to be moving on.

But last week's $ 1.16 million Loch Lomond World Invitational ran into a couple of obstacles right out of the box.

In fact I can not help but have a grudging admiration for him as a manager because he did run us as close as any Spurs team has in the last couple of decades and he did get them into the Champions League and into the quarter final.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

«We have run it only a couple of times in the last 13 years, but we saw an opportunity to do it.»

coquelin is a decent player but overrated by many fans because he did fill a gap a couple of seasons ago when he came back from charlton and did it well... but like ramsey running around non-stop is not in itself the defining feature of a quality footballer for a DM tackling, positioning, link up play and passing are equally important coquelin is excellent on two of these good on one and poor on last two... xhaka overall is a better DM and should be starting all the time to make him an integral part of a cohesive set up

When I went to last years Chiefs / Raiders game I took a couple of buddies from socal who could not believe how the city has allowed the stadium area to get run down.

The Raiders finished 24th in the NFL in run defense last season and need to add a couple of pieces to the middle of the defense this offseason.

City defined «leggy» against Swansea last Saturday and were fortunate to win but Manuel Pellegrini had a rare opportunity to give his players a couple of days off earlier in the week, allowing batteries to be recharged and breaths to be taken ahead of a run of eight games in four weeks.

even after he turned in his best season in a very long time this year, he's really turned his game up in the playoffs and really also in the last couple of weeks of the season, it was just easy for the rest of the league to overlook those last couple of weeks because the run up to the playoffs were so intense this year

A couple of weeks ago the WEC announced that the next season would be a «super season», running for 15 months across 2018 and 2019 as the series seeks to re-align its calendar so that the Le Mans 24 Hours can be the last race of the championship.

The Heisman Trophy winner ran through a Kansas City defense that struggled for most of the season, and he put the game on ice with a couple more first downs in the last three minutes that kept the Chiefs from getting another offensive possession.

It's been a rough couple of weeks for Team McNichols as they have been running into the hottest teams in the league the last two weeks.

The large sample before this impressive run tells us more about this team than the last couple of weeks, and no team should ever be judged by its highest peak or its lowest valley.

The midfielder may be 30 - years old now and his contract may be running into the last couple of years, but he is so important to the manager's plans that I expect him to tell Diego Simeone to take a long walk off a short pier if the Argentinean does make contact about a summer transfer.

I thought that since Ox decided to run all of the way back well then why didn't he just take the last couple of steps and stand facing the player blocking off the route to goal.

The Swedish international hasn't had a good season at all, with the exception of the first couple of months and the odd games here and there, consistency wide he simply hasn't got going since the bad run started all the way back last year.

He was denied a couple of times by either a great save or a last ditch tackle, and if our players looked up to spot his intelligent runs more often he may find himself with more chance, but saying that, we really could do with him getting his clinical edge back soon.

Britain's Olympic 5000m and 10,000 m finalist Julia Bleasdale ran 8:48.90 for sixth, her time a couple of seconds off her PB of 8:46.38 set when she last ran the event in 2012.

The team was going through an inconsistent run of form, but it has been overcome in the last couple of matches.

It's been a terrific run of form in the last couple of months for Arsenal which has seen them virtually clinch second place and more essentially securing Champions League qualification without having to go through the treacherous play off stages.

The Argentine was one of the best players at the start of the campaign, but he has been going through a very poor run of form over the last couple of months.

& Parker under immense pressure & to make matters worse Harry subs VDV., for the last couple of games (modric) hasn't contributed anything of note, maybe he is more concerned where his going next season.In hindsight Harry must get his injury defenders up & running or get better defenders, because other teams thrive on defenders backpeddling into their own box.This has been our worst defeat in an FA Cup since i've been supporting this team & that's a very long time.

As while Chelsea's form over the last couple of months has been nothing short of sublime, United have been imperious at home all season and it will take a herculean effort from any team to end their outrageous 30 - game unbeaten run at Old Trafford.

To be quite frank just watching for a few minutes can drive you mad, as reporters in front of cameras confirm what «Sky Sources» ticker - tape says running across the bottom of the screen, and then breaking news highlights what everybody has just been going on about for the last couple of hours.

Although they do have a couple of disappointing defeats to their name of late, having lost two of their last three, everything at The Reebok over the past month or so has been pleasing, with the aurora still positive following a four - match unbeaten run which has seen Bolton record impressive wins over Tottenham (4 - 2), Newcastle (5 - 1) and Blackburn (2 - 1), scoring goals a plenty in the process as this new brand of football at The Reebok continues to not only impress the locals, but also keep the points nicely ticking over.

Now this is a give - away that we've been running for the last couple of months and it's our way of saying thank you to all of our Newsletter subscribers.

Not just away for work, or running errands, or a couple hours of me time (though that last one is really nice, and all moms need that, too), or a business trip.

Not this week or last, or even this year or last — they date back to September of 1999, when Lockheed Martin was struggling to get the first production versions of the plane funded and was running ads on a couple of sites I was working on (I looked all over for a copy of the actual banner but to no avail).

As part of last weekend's Netroots NY, I got to run a couple of trainings with Abigail Collazo, one on Twitter and the other on internet fundraising.

He pointed out that just in the last couple of days, there was another example of failure in the current system of oversight when U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged a former portfolio manager in the state's pension fund, which is overseen by the state comptroller, with running a bribery scheme.

But, his famous last name — his father, Mario, was the governor of New York — coupled with his fundraising ability and his championing of a same - sex marriage law in the Empire State mean thatCuomo has the political resume to make a run.

For the last couple of years, Fingerprint Events have run things extremely well.

He points out that just in the last couple of days, there was another example of failure of the current system of oversight, when U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara charged a former portfolio manager in the state's pension fund, which is overseen by the state comptroller, with running a bribery scheme.

According to public records, Hughes paid cash for the $ 1,922,500 property in Ulster County, about an hour and a half north of the couple's $ 5 million, 80 - acre estate in Garrison, where Eldridge considered running last year.

Things have stabilized over the last couple of years; institutions are now allowing short - term contracts to run closer to the 6 - year limit, Trautmann says.

Instead of tweaking the shade of that ubiquitous blue backing on my thesis defense slides and becoming acquainted with the finer points of «business casual» attire, I've spent the last couple months frantically running about the lab completing the tasks set by my all - powerful minders.

Ben, a 32 - year - old Store Manager at David Jones, never expected that running into Jen in his store one day would be the start of the rest of his life — the couple were married just last month!

I find that they run out of flavor after a couple of uses, whereas the Simply Organic brand lasts all day, regardless of use.