Sentences with phrase «race for hours»

In other words, although it's definitely a worthwhile addition for an afternoon of retro gaming with buddies; don't expect to race for hours on end.

Perhaps if you super raced for hours and mastered the depth, width and length of the turns, you'd deduce which circuits work best for which course.

Not exact matches

«We sat for hours in disbelief until we eliminated any possibility that this result was wrong,» said Gruss, whose mind kept racing even after powering down his computer, so he barely caught a wink of sleep.

For some, even the 17 - hour cutoff that applies to most official Ironman races isn't enough.

Nike - endorsed elite runner Eliud Kipchoge has run the world's fastest marathon time but missed finishing under the two - hour mark by only 26 seconds — a gap of just one second per mile for the distance of the race.

In the racing event, we can get up to 70 mph, which can be pretty scary because you're bouncing around and vibrating all over the place, and the tires we use, originally built for agriculture purposes, are only rated for 30 miles an hour.

A racer himself, he couldn't find warm, lightweight gear, so he began looking at designing products suitable for riders doing hours - long cross-country races.

In Twitter history, Charlie Sheen holds the world record for racing the fastest to one million followers; bad behavior helped the TV actor reach that milestone in 25 hours and 17 minutes two years ago.

If your comrade bought a Mustang Cobra Jet, he would pay roughly US$ 93,000 for a car that exceeds 320 kilometres per hour on the drag - racing track.

They got hitched during their lunch hour, rushing across the state line to Kansas, where it was not prohibited for mixed - race couples to marry.

Trump was then declared the victor in Pennsylvania, and the Associated Press called the race for him at 2:30 a.m. E.T. Financial markets were already tumbling at the prospect of a Trump victory hours earlier, with Dow futures down more than 700 points at one point.

Taking an hour for ourselves or observing the Sabbath is a start, but practices like these can turn into temporary respites before we dive back into the rat race.

We woke up and raced downstairs over an hour before the Saturday morning cartoons began, and we impatiently bounced off our bedroom walls while waiting for the 6 am «release time» on Christmas morning.

I have read a lot about how a keto diet could be beneficial for endurance athletes like me who race long - distance triathlons (Olympic and Half - Ironman distances), and I have already experienced this during my training sessions over this past couple of weeks, as I started doing some fasting and training in a fasted state: my energy levels are just never - ending, I can bike or run for hours, and there is no «hitting the wall» feeling anymore!

A 7 am race is not exactly a recipe for a relaxing start to the weekend... especially when it's an hour away and you have to catch a bus to the starting line before 5:30.

Ever since my 12 hour race in July, I have had ZERO tolerance for sweets.

CLIF Organic Energy Food savory recipes should be consumed during activities lasting two hours or longer as they contribute some protein and fat for those longer - duration training and racing days.

This weekend sees the 83rd running of the Le Mans 24 Hours, where Audi, Porsche, Toyota and Nissan will all battle it out for the biggest prize in endurance racing.

It's past 4 A.M. in Squaw Valley, Calif. — the dead of night, the hour of the wolf, when sane people are sleeping under warm blankets, not standing in the chilly blackness at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada waiting for a horse race to begin.

While the hybrid technology that has advanced through competition in the FIA World Endurance Championship puts its abilities on display in six - hour races, it might be that it is not yet ready for the long distance of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

He usually eats one an hour before a race for energy.

The Watkins Glen Grand Prix Corporation laid down a new 2.3 - mile macadam course (which was completed only an hour before practice for the September races) and held the race meeting anyway.

But we'd misplotted that one, too, and spent our last, miserable hours in the race scouring the west side of Saddleback Lake for another phantom checkpoint.

For the first 24 hours of the race we were a middle - of - the - pack squad.

If Fernando gets a bit fed up 24 - hour races, then there is a 12 - hour race out there which is known for being just as challenging, bumpy, and car - breaking as any of the classics like Daytona or Le Mans - no, no the 12 Hours of Sebring, but 12 Hours of Lawnmower racing.

He announced that he'd be racing in the Daytona 24 Hours (or Rolex 24 as it's known, because sponsors), then tested for Toyota in Bahrain.

The 42 - year - old is no stranger to endurance racing, having won the Daytona 24 Hours three times, and is also competing for Penske in IMSA this season.

It's yet to be officially confirmed, but Lance Stroll is set to join Fernando Alonso on the grid for the Daytona 24 Hours (or «Rolex 24 at Daytona» if you like calling historic races by their sponsor names) on 26 - 27 January next year.

«Above all, Le Mans is an engine breaker,» Wyer said in his office 10 days before the race, as outside in the workshop mechanics were reassembling the three squat five - liter GT40s that would be racing in France, a third car having been added for the 24 Hours.

Carroll Shelby, the rawboned Texan who put together a winning streak of 19 straight for absentee owners, was tapped by SCCA President Jim Kimberly for Saturday's four - hour race for cars of less than two liters displacement.

Facing the prospect of a lengthy delay for a race that had already been pushed back nearly six hours because of rain earlier, NASCAR smartly declared the AAA Texas 500 official.

Almost two hours of physical activity is exhausting and depleting, and they can't exactly hop out of the water for some Gatorade, so how do they get their in - race nutrition?

At this time of year he normally trains 25 to 30 young horses at his farm, and then drives over two hours down to Los Alamitos near Long Beach for night racing.

It's not the first time the WEC has done something like this — nine - time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen was given a similar honour for his last race at Interlagos in 2013.

Assuming neither of the horses is scratched, ESPN will air SportsCenter from Saratoga on the morning of the race as well as a three - hour SportsCenter from there starting at 5 p.m. ESPN had slotted one hour for the Travers but expanded its coverage after the Belmont Stakes, which drew 24 million viewers on NBC — the highest - rated race in more than a decade.

At a low - key night slalom race on Jan. 17 in Westendorf, Austria, Miller stood for two hours on a frigid snowpack, signing autographs and posing for pictures.

Four hours of practice for a race that lasts an hour - and - a-half is way too much.

He did however say that Fernando had made the right move by using the Daytona 24 Hours as a way to learn the art of endurance racing and to get a feel for if he likes it.

Billy Monger will return to racing in November at the VdeV Endurance Proto Series finale in Estoril, and is aiming for the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2020.

«I never heard of a horse retaining any trace of this for more than 72 hours,» says Dr. Harthill, «and, just to make sure, I never administer it within four days of a race.

In the process, however, he developed an abiding distaste for race tracks and began refusing to set foot on them in the training hours.

Casner, a former airline pilot who in 1961 won the 1,000 - kilometer Nurburgring race in Germany, was training for next June's 24 - hour Le Mans race.

Six hours may sound like a long time to sit down and watch a race, but by the end you'll be wondering where all the time went — and wishing for more.

Aston Martin took a dramatic class victory in the dying moments of this year's Le Mans 24 hours, but that was just a warm up for the biggest event of the summer: the Red Bull Soapbox Race at Alexandra Palace in London.

In a race that featured a two - hour rain delay and six safety car periods, Button managed to collide with two drivers - teammate Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso - and also had to serve a penalty for speeding behind the safety car.

So today's 6 Hours of Fuji was particularly nuts as the race for overall victory went down to the final lap.

The TS050 Hybrid will go up against the Porsche 919 Hybrid for WEC and Le Mans honours, with Toyota desperate to win this year's 24 hour race after the team's heartbreaking end to the 2016 race.

The 24 Hours of Daytona is one of the world's most famous races and this year sees some big names competing, with no less than 14 IndyCar drivers confirmed for the event.

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.

Seavey's total time in the 975 - mile race, stretching from Wasilla to Nome, was nine days, four hours, 29 minutes and 26 seconds, good for seventh - fastest ever on the northern route.