Sentences with phrase «run a mile in»

Once, during his own running career, he ran the mile in 4 minutes, 14 seconds.

Knight wanted to win and eventually ran the mile in 4 minutes, 13 seconds.

Think of the beliefs of the past — the Earth is the center of the solar system, the world is flat, you can't break the sound barrier, you can't run the mile in under four minutes, and there's no need for a computer in the home.

We see this in sports, where Roger Bannister's comment about his world - record race (he was the first to run the mile in under four minutes) has often been repeated by other runners: «The world seemed to stand still, or did not exist... «17 And certainly this can be true of the play world of art, which, according to Gerardus Van der Leeuw, is a new «creation, a second world, with its own power.

After watching Wes Santee run the mile in 4:00.5 (a new U.S. record) at the Texas Relays, his coach Bill Easton swore the Ashland Antelope «can't miss» a three - plus performance this year — next try: April 23 at the Kansas Relays...

The 4 - year - old colt ran the mile in 1:34 [2/5].

American track fans got disappointing news when Britain's Brian Hewson, one of five who have run the mile in less than four minutes, regretfully notified the AAU that he won't be able to compete in the U.S. next month because of a strained leg muscle, though he may possibly arrive for the wind - up of the indoor season in March.

To qualify for the team, boys who wanted to play guard had to run a mile in six minutes, and prospective forwards and centers had to do it in 6:30.

Many other University Athletic Club members followed, most notably Roger Bannister, who was the first to run a mile in under 4 minutes.

She has run the mile in meets in junior high and high school, constantly improving her times and winning several medals.

«For years and years and years, no one could run a mile in under four minutes,» he says.

If you continually run a mile in the same time over and over again, your body will burn fewer and fewer calories as it becomes efficient at that activity.

At that pace they would run a mile in about 2 and a half minutes (160 seconds).

I want to run a mile in 6 minutes, I want to bench press 300 lbs, I want to eliminate the stomach fat, I want to see a shredded belly.

Despite a lifetime as a competitive dancer who avoided running the mile in gym class, today Alison is a five - time marath...

Don't let the tall wedge fool you, these are super easy to walk in and I literally could run miles in them, no joke.

I could run a mile in these shoes, they're that comfortable!

Zamperini, as played by the solid Jack O'Connell (watch for him in next year's gruelingly tense «' 71»), is a likably scrappy kid who, thanks to the care and discipline of his older brother Pete, uses the speed he has utilized in the past to avoid the law and focuses it on running the mile in track.

And how you ultimately feel about Another Year may in the end depend less on your response to Manville's self - evident bravura, at once fully rounded and funny and unsettling, but to the persistence of a character who keeps being spoken of as a great mate and yet would send many (very kind) people of my acquaintance running a mile in search of respite.

If someone is advertising teacup Pomeranians run a mile in the other direction.

For many years no one believed that any person would ever be able to run a mile in 4 minutes.

He was also the first high school athlete to run a mile in under four minutes.

Not exact matches

They're light enough that they won't bounce around annoyingly on your run, and they provide a secure fit so you can get lost in the music while ticking off the miles.

The human body was simply not capable of running one mile in less than four minutes.

After graduating with a degree in Architecture from Cambridge, she spent a year as Operations Manager aboard the record - breaking biofueled powerboat Earthrace, where she traveled 25,000 miles, visited 120 cities, and ran a campaign to promote the use of alternative fuels.

In other words, you'd have to run 35 miles to burn a pound of fat.

The so - called «Bos - Wash Landliner» was imagined in the late 1960s as running on air skis (a little like the initial Hyperloop proposal), vacuuming up moving vehicles at 60 miles an hour, and housing everything from a 100 seat theater to a gym.

Are you in it for the long run when it comes to miles logged and time spent on the road?

The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun - dials and brick walks and burning gardens — finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run.

Instead of saying: «I'll run 365 miles sometimes in 2016» he said «I'll run one mile a day.»

In George W. Bush's first exam as president, his doctor noted he enjoyed the occasional cigar, drank diet soda and ran 12 miles a week.

I can't run more than two miles without collapsing in agony.

No one thinks the jockey is in total control of a thoroughbred racehorse running at 40 miles per hour.

«There is no way that five people living in 6,000 square feet, miles from work, schools, and shopping, can be «environmentally friendly» or sustainable for humanity in the long run,» one reader wrote.

I ran 2.5 miles this morning and got in a light dynamic lower - body workout before prepping for my speech.

At mile 15, I wouldn't think twice about running in comfortable clown shoes over something runway - ready but heavy.

Some additional stats: according to Tesla, the upgraded S will be able to run the quarter mile in 10.9 seconds and reach 155 mph in 22 % less time.

«You can run eight miles, map your run and be really stoked, or finish a recipe in Jamie Oliver's recipe app or whatever it may be.

The two - seater Transition cruises at 100 mph (in the air), runs on premium unleaded gas and has a 400 - mile range.

When running the last five miles of an ironman while your legs are cramping so badly that you can see the muscles knotting in your legs between each step, or diving a 3,000 - foot shelf, at night and in the dark, while someone accidentally kicks off your mask leaving you temporarily blind, getting into and staying in your flow state is not just helpful, it can be lifesaving.

Frind's parents, German farmers who emigrated just before his fourth birthday, bought a 1,200 - acre plot 10 miles from town and initially lived in a trailer without electricity, phones, or running water.

Colleagues recalled to The New York Times that he would be in the office by 6 a.m., even after taking a five mile run in the morning.

One series of experiments run by the two - year - old Marine Warfighting Laboratory, in Quantico, had 18 squads of marines fanning out over 1,500 square miles of desert.

By repackaging the data in an easy - to - read dashboard and by layering in a social element, Nike allows its customers to connect, challenging each other through friendly competitions to run a certain number of miles «together» in a given week even though they may live 3,000 miles apart.

Recognizing those similarities, marketing - training specialist Liz Hafer met with Adamson and his teammate, San Diego firefighter Robyn Benincasa, during the infamous Pikes Peak Marathon, a 13 - mile run up and 13 - mile run down Colorado's 14,000 - foot Pikes Peak, in 1998.

At the same time that I was running a little over 20 miles a week in a different pair every day, the athleisure trend hit — and I subsequently buried myself in black semi-spandex.

That run will take place on a two - mile track in Nevada, but with full braking mechanisms and no sand needed to bring it to a stop.

Class of 2014 Cadet Mackenzie Vaughn, a civil engineering major, runs solo while her teammates conserve their energy for their shifts in the 150 - mile journey from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., to Philadelphia.

And on Monday, Tim will compete in the Boston Marathon — and he expects to finish in 2 hours 50 minutes, the same 26 - mile time he ran when he set the Ironman world record in 2017.

A marathon is not completed in a single leap; instead, it takes 46,112 small steps to run that 26.2 miles.