Sentences with phrase «looking uphill»

BUT if you're looking uphill, you still start rolling down the hill, this time going BACKWARDS!

In the past, she has shared the insane - looking uphill sprint drills she does with her personal trainer.

Mr. Dubert looked uphill, then began skiing wide, intermediate... Read more

Not exact matches

Sagan won the green jersey for points at last summer's Tour de France and followed it up with an even more impressive performance at the Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia, which he won in crafty fashion — surging on an uphill cobblestone section and never looking back.

But those looking to move on now — and there are increasing numbers of them, according to a report by the Financial Times, though Uber disputes this — may face an uphill battle.

Still, it is clear that companies looking to capitalize on trade probably face an uphill political battle compared to the environment a year ago.

When looking at Uber's nearly 6,000 U.S. employees, Uber faces an uphill battle trying to diversify a homogeneous workplace, where people of color tend to hold the jobs at the lowest rungs and are shut out of more lucrative and respected jobs in technology or leadership.

But it appears that he is looking at an uphill battle.

A single woman looking for a Christian husband has an uphill struggle.

Again, I'm sure many people out there reading that are like «boo freaking hoo I get up at 5 and then walk uphill both ways to work every morning», and to you I say congratulations, I'm really looking forward to joining you upon my impending graduation but until then just let me complain from my place of privilege, this is my blog after all!

The Gunners take on Manchester City this weekend as they look to win the League Cup for the first time under Arsene Wenger, but will have an uphill task given the season their opponents are having.

If there were far better - looking sorts, I was stronger and faster going uphill.»

As you approach the green get more precise with your read by looking for ridge tapers either on or near your line, seeing if your putt is uphill or downhill, and how much slope you have to tend to for speed control.

And when he hit that shot and he had what looked like a wedge into the hole, I knew I was going to be playing uphill from there.»

He certainly looks to have a huge uphill battle if he is to succeed at the Bernabeu, and could be willing to leave the club in search of regular action, with Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Kovacic and Dani Ceballos ahead of him in the pecking order.

of all the youngsters he looks the most convincing to me... still think it's an uphill task but Chelsea are not firing on all cylinders yet

Since switching to the 3 -4-2-1 formation, Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain has been favoured to star at right wing - back, and has impressed in the new system, and with the new lay - out looking likely to stay, Bellerin may have an uphill battle to win his place back.

Still, a look at the city's electorate highlights an uphill battle for Malliotakis.

In a district with a large Hispanic population, some Democrats say privately the race looks like an uphill battle for Renteria, despite the upgrade in candidate quality from last cycle.

And he has a simple message for party - mates looking for that elusive white knight in what promises to be an uphill battle against Cuomo, who has amassed a campaign war chest over $ 30 million

A wide variety of Republicans are looking at the race but this is an uphill climb as the Democratic presidential nominee carried in both of the last two elections.

«That makes for an uphill fight for anyone looking to replace him next year.»

Just look at some of the faces along their benches to be reminded that making Labour likeable again will be an uphill task for the new leader.

The door, just uphill from the Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory, leads into a cave that looks like the villain's lair in a James Bond film: the uneven stone walls painted white, an array of shiny instruments strewn about.

Looking at food labels and trying to regulate your sugar intake is an uphill battle, one that involves a lot of middle school math, which some of us expelled from our consciousness several decades ago.

Unless you've had a comprehensive thyroid panel performed, and have had it evaluated with a set of eyes that look beyond the «normal» lab reference ranges, you could be fighting an uphill battle with your weight that you'll never be able to win.

Since I live in a mountain town and ski resort, I always look for uphill walks and hike our ski hill quite often winter and summer or local walks with uphill mixed with gentle downhill as this keeps my bladder forward and I do not have to stop and find the ladies room in the woods as often, as I might have to when I walk on the flat.

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It may look like an uphill battle, but you have to begin sometime, and the sooner the better.

Weight loss can feel like an uphill battle and, in the end, it's not really weight loss I'm talking about; it's getting your body to look the way you want it to in a...

I also hate looking pale, and it's currently an uphill battle while I spend a lot of my time in Seattle.

In these dark times, we find ourselves looking for heroes to help guide us through the uphill battle that is slowly dismantling toxic masculinity and the influence those men have over our world.

No matter how gifted or talented a person is, acceptance is an uphill battle that can't be won without a long look in the mirror.

Back when I was a kid (and we had to walk uphill both ways — if you want to enjoy a little humor, look for my «proof» of this toward the end of this article — into the wind, too!)

Tesco has rather an uphill struggle on its hands then, not only does it need to convince buyers that it can build a tablet that is as good - looking, powerful and intuitive as the competition it also needs to be cheaper, the result of this box ticking, is the Hudl.

From my time browsing the forums it looks like it still is going to be a uphill battle to get the Nook Color running smooth with ICS.

Obama's Wars is an inside look at the Afghanistan War and Obama's uphill battle to providing an exit strategy.

Many graduates looking to pay back their student loan debt face an uphill battle.

Massive incline changes are also heavily featured but these are let down by the camera angles as you often just don't get an idea of the scale of these huge hills, and while heading sharply downhill you'll find the camera looking at the dirt for a few seconds if it changes to an uphill incline leading to even more damn crashes.

Maybe the entire kingdom is horribly titled and every time an adventurer tries to go uphill or to the left he / she looks at the incline and declares, «bugger that.»

Once I tried looking past the frame rate issues, I faced another uphill battle: the controls.

The problem is I have stuff on the uphill side of the structure and looking down at a roof with a 95 % reflective white coating would be blinding.

Build an ice cap on that; you get water and silt being extruded out of the basins, even flowing «uphill» under that pressure; look at the radar maps, the ice may have pushed a lot of silt out to its edges over time, you can see the pattern of river drainage channels in the radar imagery.

Inspiring others to go green can be an uphill battle, judging from the blank looks of non-comprehension that one may receive at times.

It's been an uphill slog, but it looks like Minnesota is going to catch up with Wisconsin and Illinois.

It started with me looking out my window and seeing two women walking uphill, carrying heavy loads on their backs.

Ian Hu (practicePRO and Claims Prevention Counsel at LAWPRO) looks at how lawyers face an uphill battle to keep turnover low, keep colleagues happy, and maintain civility across the profession.

Add insulin shock on top of that, and you are really looking at an uphill battle with most companies.

«The people whose job is to protect the user always are fighting an uphill battle against the people whose job is to make money for the company,» said Sandy Parakilas, who worked at Facebook enforcing privacy and other rules until 2012 and now advises a nonprofit organization called the Center for Humane Technology, which is looking at the effect of technology on people.

Along with an earnings forecast which included a 24 percent decline in profits, Samsung is facing an uphill task as it looks to find new growth drivers for revenue.