Sentences with phrase «run for miles in»

Lima today retains much of its charm, despite its rather shapeless expanse of modern suburbs and dusty shantytowns that run for miles in each direction along the Panamerican Highway.

Hamsters in the wild are known to run for miles in search of food.

Not exact matches

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.

«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.

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.

Gita is 26 inches in diameter and can carry up to 40 pounds, travel at 22 miles per hour and run for eight hours of continuous use.

For example, let's say that you run a local pizza shop in San Diego, California, and you want to target patrons in a 10 mile radius of your restaurant.

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.

For those who might have wondered about my physical, condition, I did have open - heart surgery in July of 1989 followed by a myocardial infarction and a second surgery all on the same day — they cleaned out the old pipes and replaced a few — but within a month of that ordeal I was walking ten miles a day, and now, in the best physical shape I have been in for years, I am running 12 miles a week, so no one need be overly concernFor those who might have wondered about my physical, condition, I did have open - heart surgery in July of 1989 followed by a myocardial infarction and a second surgery all on the same day — they cleaned out the old pipes and replaced a few — but within a month of that ordeal I was walking ten miles a day, and now, in the best physical shape I have been in for years, I am running 12 miles a week, so no one need be overly concernfor years, I am running 12 miles a week, so no one need be overly concerned.

With swimsuit season looming, I've just started my annual routine of running an extra mile in the afternoons, watching my caloric intake, and being perpetually cranky, all the while adding whole milk, bacon, sausage, pasta, ice cream, and peanut butter to my grocery list for Dan.

The reason I wasn't home is that my daughter ran well in a mile relay, so we were out of town for her track meet.

I stashed a few of these brownies in my gym bag for a reward after my 10 mile run and CrossFitWOD — washed down with a carton of milk, it was a totally on target recovery snack.

I love that there's sauerkraut in these, I could totally go for one after the 18 mile run I just finished.

I got in a lovely 8 mile run on the treadmill (5 more to go for my 25 weekly mile mark) and then came home to taxi to swim practice.

I got it done in around 2.19, around 20 minutes slower than I aiming for on race day, but I know it is best to run the long one 1.30 - 2 mins per mile slower and this has always worked for me in the past.

It's hard to remember sometimes that running long miles isn't an excuse for eating all the junk food, so I make sure I have lots of healthy food in the cabinets so I can eat smartly.

Like, this morning I went for a 7 mile run in the freezing cold and then came home with fingers so frozen and stiff that I could barely unlock my door.

I Went for a short 2 mile run to pick up my race packet and ended up walking nearly 5 miles in total as I was exploring a new to me area.

I had a great run, the weather just made me feel amazing, I did my recovery run of 3.3 miles in 33 minutes, for a recovery run where I wasn't really pushing I was pleased with the pace.

I was going on a longer run of 10 miles and needed something in my system that would give me energy but not cause a need for a bathroom trip along the way.

My goal this coming weekend for Lori's Heart Heathy Weekend is to try to run / walk 5 miles in 55 minutes.

For lunch on Saturday after my 7 mile run, which by the way felt great (I do so much better when I can workout in the morning!)

I sneak in a 4 mile run before the morning madness of kids and getting ready for school.

I got in my 14 mile run yesterday, rushed home for a quick shower and out again to teach spin.

On Saturday I ran 10 miles in the morning, did some gentle yoga, and slowly geared up for another cooking marathon.

An account of the day Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile: «There was ham salad for lunch, a shower of rain at 5.15 pm, a gusting wind, a false start, and then history... It is 60 years today since that iconic moment on the crunchy, uneven, gravel track at Iffley Road, Oxford... Bannister was 25, a medical student, and he was running in the annual Amateur Athletic Association v Oxford University Athletic Club match.»

BOATING — «The roughest race I ever saw,» said JERRY LANGER of Miami Beach after being declared winner of the 172 - mile Sam Griffith Memorial ocean race for powerboats, run off Florida's east coast in 8 - to -10-foot seas and 23 - mph winds.

Three - mile run at 6 a.m., weights at 6:30, shower, rush to the gym to teach, dash to the lecture hall to take the exercise - physiology and sports - administration classes, sprint back to the gym to coach a 2 1/2 - hour practice, hop in the car to go scout a local high school player, burn rubber back to the gym for two hours of basketball and sprints, shower again and hightail it home by midnight to study for the biomechanics midterm.

Warren Peck, 37, a masonry contractor from Stow, Mass. who has taken part in cycling competitions for four years, earned his first high - point win at the American Motorcycle Association's 90 - mile endurance run with 997 points on the woods course in Lewiston, Me.

She just takes off, determined to run seven - minute miles for 45 minutes, and Amanda gasps, running farther and harder than she ever dreamed she could, just trying to keep Michelle in sight.

1891 In the slowest Derby ever run, all four jockeys were told to hold back for a mile, and the Negro rider Isaac Murphy pulled away in the last half mile to win his third DerbIn the slowest Derby ever run, all four jockeys were told to hold back for a mile, and the Negro rider Isaac Murphy pulled away in the last half mile to win his third Derbin the last half mile to win his third Derby.

Watching these stoic men and women care for their dogs — despite their own obvious fatigue — then push off on the final 22 - mile stretch run to the finish in Nome, proved to me that this race is the ultimate iron - will event.

How well the state of California has succeeded in preparing for her guests can be best summarized by statistics: 45 miles of cross-country runs, 14 miles of downhill trail and, of course, the great jump, 1,300 feet from top to bottom, are all ready and now being tested by advance contingents of skiers; three ski lifts have been constructed at a cost of $ 600,000; $ 50,000 has been spent to secure Squaw against the chance of avalanche; communications on the downhill courses require 80 miles of telephone wire; blasting the trails smooth took two tons of dynamite; 12 miles of construction road were built; it took 50 men and $ 250,000 to build the ski jump.

The midfielder, who moved to Newcastle in 2008, was famous in Spain for his «Spiderman» celebration, and he has certainly proved to be a hero himself in recent times; running the 26.2 mile course despite his illness, and raising money for FUCA (Foundation for Research, Teaching and Cancer Prevention).

Two - time winner Pam Reed, who ran a record 301 miles nonstop in April, returns to the Badwater Ultramarathon for a 135 - mile haul through the California desert.

He did not just win the Derby, but in running three - to - six paths wide for the entire 1 1/4 miles, he also proved himself decisively the best in the field of 19 horses and a genuine threat to win the May 18 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore and chase the Triple Crown.

«I could barely see a couple feet ahead of me because the fog was so thick, and this little, tiny, must have been 4 - 6 pound tabby kitten, started running alongside me in the fog at like a 10 minute per mile pace, for like a mile and a half.»

Then Magoon, easing past the old whaling boats in the inlet, will take off for the 1,035 - mile run to the fuel ship.

She runs at least 80 miles a week, eats 12 pounds of fruit a day with some veggies and nuts on the weekend, and has run every day for more than 1,000 days in a row.

It chronicled the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico, who for years ran hundreds of miles without modern equipment, coaching or training regimes.

For one thing his race, known appropriately as the Stepping Stone, was only at seven furlongs (compared to the Derby's mile and a quarter), and all week long Trainer Reggie Cornell had been saying perfectly frankly that his concern was not for Silky to win but for him to run a respectable race and return to his barn in good conditiFor one thing his race, known appropriately as the Stepping Stone, was only at seven furlongs (compared to the Derby's mile and a quarter), and all week long Trainer Reggie Cornell had been saying perfectly frankly that his concern was not for Silky to win but for him to run a respectable race and return to his barn in good conditifor Silky to win but for him to run a respectable race and return to his barn in good conditifor him to run a respectable race and return to his barn in good condition.

This mixture has been used for some of the finest tracks in the world: the one at Oxford on which Roger Bannister ran the first four - minute mile, the 1956 Olympic track at Melbourne, the Dublin track where Herb Elliott ran his world record mile in 1958, and even the track which the Sheik of Kuwait built for his university on the Persian Gulf (no records are likely to be set there, however, because of the tendency of the temperature to climb up to the neighborhood of 140 °).

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.

Yet he admitted last week that he has not lifted weights since «probably sometime in October,» that he had not thrown a football in 10 days or so and that he has never run for fitness, «but I probably could run a mile if I had to.»

The Greek hero on which the Marathon is based actually ran roughly a mile less than the 26.2 miles for an official marathon established by the International Amateur Athletic Federation in the early 20th century.

In addition, having led from start to finish in the 100 - milers at Milwaukee and Langhorne, and for all 300 miles at Atlanta, Andretti has now run in front for 500 consecutive miles of championship raceIn addition, having led from start to finish in the 100 - milers at Milwaukee and Langhorne, and for all 300 miles at Atlanta, Andretti has now run in front for 500 consecutive miles of championship racein the 100 - milers at Milwaukee and Langhorne, and for all 300 miles at Atlanta, Andretti has now run in front for 500 consecutive miles of championship racein front for 500 consecutive miles of championship races.

Barreling across the desert straightaway, air horns no doubt at the ready, Miller and Lange's Liberty Belle broke just about every record for such behemoths: in seven runs they smashed various standing - start and flying - start marks at a quarter mile, a half kilometer, a full kilometer and a mile — 14 in all, each of which has been certified by the U.S. Auto Club as a national record.

Running between Gummo and Lucky Debonair for nearly a mile, it would have been quite normal for Jacinto to chuck the fight — which is exactly what the middle horse does in such a situation 99 % of the lime.