The phrase "attempting to outrun" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the action of trying to run faster than someone or something, often in a competitive or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The athlete was attempting to outrun his competitors in the final lap of the race."
Alternatives: "trying to escape" or "seeking to outpace".
USA are pretty athletic and attempting to outrun them would mean playing the sort of game they like.
Teams on the ground have reported abandoned Awá-Guajá structures in the area, and believe the group is attempting to outrun the blaze.
Cars are not safe shelters, and as tornadoes can travel at more than 60 mph, you should not take the risk of attempting to outrun it.
This maximum speed might be used in particular instances where people are attempting to outrun Death and avoid their allotted fate.
Thousands of riot police, backed by armoured cars, poured through the streets of the city as protesters attempted to outrun them.
In years gone by (and in just a few games gone by too) the Timbers would have attempted to outrun and outplay Toronto FC, but such an approach often saw Porter's side reap less than the effort they were expending.
As well as beating a giant drum, Shakira attempts to outrun an eagle while her one-year-old son kicks a ball at an elephant.
Kai Logan Shepherd (bottom right) was killed in the fire as he and his family attempted to outrun the flames.
The tramp steamer attempted to outrun the swift Panamanian patrol boats and sabotaged the ship's electrical system to disable its cranes.
Fourteen-year-old Kai Logan Shepherd died in Mendocino County's Redwood Valley fire as he and his family attempted to outrun the blaze, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported.
En route to their rendezvous point in Sai Kung, the trio encounter a police road block which the Landlord attempts to outrun, only to crash his van down a hill.
