Sentences with phrase «run up to the race»

With practice due to start later today in preparation for the 79th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Olly gives his news and views on the run up to the race — his 10th for the GM Corvette Racing team.

Not exact matches

I did 14 pull - ups and ran a 40 - yard dash, then raced to the church, drenched in sweat.

It's another busy week in the run up to the first presidential caucus for the 2016 election, as two more candidates joined the race.

Taking America out of the running in the global race to clean up our cars can only lead to the next wave of bankruptcies and bailouts.

In the arms race run - up to this year's conference both released new versions of their iPhone apps and Gowalla launched an Android app while Foursquare brushed their existing one up.

I'm not sure why the Muppet have a dog in this race - you hook your product up with a company run by devout blue - law Christians, and this is what you expect to get, right?

Then put yourself, whatever race your are, in the shoes of those same people and imagine he was talking about your race and ask yourself how can you trust a man that grew up on such devisive beliefs and would he really be better to run our country and be a great leader to the world...

However, the fullness of what we experience in the human race, «not only the occasional rare and truly selfless individuals that there are, but the thousand small, routine acts of kindness that enable every society to run reasonably smoothly», simply can not, be based solely on the human genetic make - up.

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.

We're introduced to Dom and his little sister, Mia (Jordana Brewster), who run a beat - up lunch counter when they're not drag racing through the streets of L.A. Undercover police officer Brian (Paul Walker), sent to investigate a string of truck robberies that Dom may or may not be involved in, is immediately distracted by Mia, who serves him tuna sandwiches on white bread with the crusts cut off.

Nobody's about to win or lose anything, and the sack race isn't quite up and running yet.

In the early stages of the 2006 GP2 season, it looked like Hamilton was streaking to the title, but some bad races and a strong run of form from Nelson Piquet Jr closed things right up.

When Rubens Barrichello dramatically crashed out of the 2010 race on the run up to Massenet, it appeared the cause had been a simple puncture.

It wasn't enough to win the title, but he set up his championship - winning season in 2016 by taking victory at the first four races, giving him a seven - race run of P1 finishes.

However the win came under a bit of a shadow as many suspected the team of heavily sandbagging in the run - up to the race in order to avoid being slowed down by the balance of performance (BOP) adjustments which are in place to keep the GT category close.

MOTOR SPORTS — WALT HANSGEN, West - field, N.J. throttle jockey, roared Briggs Cunningham's new Lister Jaguar up to 120 mph on straightaway, drove front - running race to win 80 - mile President's Cup feature with 75 - mph average at Upper Marlboro, Md..

Having grown up in Eugene, running in all - comers meets at Hayward, seeing Pre race many times, and having attended the Pre Classic almost every year since inception, Hayward Field is sacred to me.

Starting running back Marion Grice was out of commission for this game — and might not be available next week against Stanford either — but Arizona State did not end up needing him, racing to a 30 - 7 lead by halftime.

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Does anyone think we could start a winning run while we wait patiently for Leic to muck up in three games, after today we will be aiming for that or else out of race and looking over shoulder at manu.

Arsenal are on one of their worst runs of form for many years, with 5 defeats out of their last 8 games, and the only wins have come against low - ranking teams in Lincoln, Sutton and Hull, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to start picking up points again to try and keep pace in the race for the Top Four.

He got two hits the first two times up, drove in a couple runs; we were off to the races.

The trio have raced together in a variety of championships over the last few years and have a healthy rivalry and friendship, and in the run up to the event they've been trying to psych each other out.

Apart from these two positions the Gunners line up is pretty predictable these days and looks to have plenty of quality and the right balance to get the Premier League title race up and running after the disappointment of defeat to West Brom last time out.

You run in the day, then in the night, then you've got the parade downtown with the fans, the meetings with the engineers, how the race will be divided up with your team mates, how to hand over the car to them without losing any time, and vice versa.»

Busch, who has never ran an IndyCar race before, plans in taking part in the majority of practice and qualifying sessions leading up to the Indy 500.

Wet weather, a mixed - up field and a late safety car set up an awesome two - lap run to the flag in the Formula 2 feature race

At such short notice Dale Coyne Racing called up Australian driver James Davison was called up to replace him at for the Indy 500 and performed well, running at the front for a while and even leading briefly before crashing out 17 laps from the end.

«We'd drive there and race on Friday night, try to catch something else on Saturday night, maybe run up to Wichita, then drive home Sunday and I'd go to school on Monday.»

Arsenal as usual have two thirds of the possession but Southampton are looking just as dangerous in the run up to half time, with Austin getting behind the defence again but Cech managed to beat him in the race for the ball.

The Bulls got the job done, racing to a 39 - 21 lead in the third quarter, giving up an 18 - 0 run, then winning in overtime.

A follow - up report in today's Daily Mirror suggests United are the favourites to snap up the Turkish international, though, elsewhere, The Sun claims Chelsea are also in the running to win the race for his signature this summer, in what could be a potential swap deal involving Blues left - back Filipe Luis.

He retired fairly late in the race while running 10th but instead of trooping back to the garage, he went up into the grandstand and saw the fans.

This looks like being one of those typical F1 stories which will run and run and eventually end up with Silverstone signing a new contract and continuing to host the race.

He spent much of the race running right up at the front and looked more than capable of scoring a podium, had teammate Sergio Perez played ball when it came to team orders.

Uruguayans add that an elegant blonde, who identified herself as Mrs. Gerard, showed up in April saying she was Lebon's new owner and that she had bought the horse «to ride him myself and not to make him run races.»

He had a reasonably comfortable run to the title too, and despite failing to score at all in the final two race in Jerez still beat runner - up Pierre Gasly (who didn't win a race all season) by 35 points.

With four days of scintilating Grade One racing, the Cheltenham Festival 2016 is sure to be one of the most popular and busy of al lthe racing meetings of the year, and with plenty of opportunity to pick up a free bet or tip now is the perfect time to run through our guide.

Speeds were way up — to 190 mph — but joy way down in the Daytona 500 stock - car run as steady Cale Yarborough raced to a narrow win

Romain Grosjean has developed a reputation for moaning about everything (he even ran a special helmet at COTA joking about it) but he more than lived up to it at the end of the race.

Johnson ran out of gas on the final lap of the postseason opener at Chicagoland Speedway (he finished 10th); he wrecked hard at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 15 after putting his number 48 Chevy in a precarious position (he wound up 34th); and he waited too long at Talladega Superspeedway to make his typical late - race charge from the back of the pack (he came in 26th).

Next up, to complete the double for a second year running, the Men's blues raced away after an early Tab equaliser, with goals from Club President Nick Leach (2) and Captain Oxburgh.

Eilidh Child is to run the 400m hurdles, while Tiffany Porter is to race the shorter distance over the barriers where she will line up alongside world indoor champion Nia Ali and Olympic silver medallist Dawn Harper - Nelson as world champion Brianna Rollins and Olympic champion Sally Pearson also go head - to - head.

Sergio Asenjo ran up to attack a last minute corner but the danger was cleared for Rubin and Pablo Orbaiz raced upfield to double their lead easily thanks to Courtois» absence.

The Frenchman picked up a puncture after chaotic start in Brazil which result in him hitting Esteban Ocon's Force India and bringing an end to his compatriot's record run of 27 consecutive race finishes from the start of his Formula 1 career.

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Around 5,000 women are expected to take part in the 41st running of the race, with a $ 10,000 prize up for grabs.

Awesome 80s Run 5K Race Report Disclosure: Chicco sent the Tre jogging stroller for me to review and Last weekend, Spawn and I dressed up and headed out to the Rose Bowl for the Awesome 80s Run 5K!

I sat and watched for at least 10 minutes as my children ran up to drop the ball in and then raced it back down.

When I was a kid, I went door - to - door selling raffle tickets for Meningitis Trust, as an adult I've organised events for Lupus UK, I spent a whole year giving up my Saturdays to work in a Child Contact Centre and back in May I ran Race for Life to raise money...