Sprint Triathlons: The shortest (though still arduous) varies in specific length, but many of them have around a 0.5-mile (0.8-kilometer) swim, 15-mile (24-kilometer) bike ride and 3-mile (5-kilometer) run.[2] The distances are not as concrete as longer triathlons that have set parameters.
Mr. Harris maintains that creating "Rome and Jewels," his first full-length piece, was the most arduous challenge of his career, taking three years to complete.
Their trek is made more arduous by the fact that many arrive on foot, with every step interrupted by a body-length prostration.
But its length is an asset, allowing the story to build in power and momentum as it recounts the arduous trip into mountain villages, the confrontation with the devastation of war, the struggle to save lives and Lefèvre's foolish and nearly fatal attempt to return to Pakistan ahead of the team.
A threshold of shortened diaphragm muscle fiber length may be necessary to induce alterations in contractile properties in the diaphragm, an attractive hypothesis that may be arduous to test because of the physiological limitations mentioned above.
The conditions were arduous.
