The phrase "an initial run for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a preliminary attempt or trial of something, such as a project, product, or process.
Example: "We are planning an initial run for the new software to test its functionality before the official launch."
Alternatives: "a preliminary trial for" or "an introductory test for".
They didn't come soon (as suggested by the fact of the film's disappearance from Ireland, after an initial run, for twenty-five years), but they came (and a recent follow-up shows some of the ways in which things have changed).
He had tried and failed in an initial run for a Congressional seat.
An initial run for 2,000,000 generations with four simultaneous Markov chain Monte Caro (MCMC) chains was performed to estimate how many generations were required for likelihood scores to reach stationary.
It took around 8 h to mint DOIs for an initial run of 23,240 items, and further subsequent updates took only a few hours.
The team plans to raise money on Kickstarter for an initial run of some 1,000 devices, but aren't yet sure how much money they'll need to do so.
A new North American StarCraft League was announced on February 21 , 2011and is scheduled for an initial run of three seasons offering $400,000 in prize money.
The reactor was preheated for approximately 30 min for an initial run, to ~41 45 °C or ~48 51 °C for corn stover and switchgrass, respectively.
Outside North America, it earned $455.8 million during its initial run, for a worldwide total of $768.6 million.
The origins of Obama's Cuba project can be found in an intemperate remark made during his initial run for the White House, setting off what he described as "one of the first big hubbubs in my Presidential campaign".
As "South of the Border" portrays it, Mr. Chávez's main opponent in his initial run for president in 1998 was "a 6-foot-1-inch blond former Miss Universe" named Irene Sáez, and thus "the contest becomes known as the Beauty and the Beast" election.
He has not donated directly to Udall's campaign this cycle, though he did contribute to Udall's initial run for the Senate in 2008.
