The phrase "chasing the wind" is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to describe a futile effort, that is, an endeavor that's likely to be unsuccessful. For example, "He spent years chasing the wind, trying to achieve the impossible."
With Will Hasley, Mr. Fossett wrote an autobiography, "Chasing the Wind," published by Virgin Books in 2006.
"If you run without any reason, you are just chasing the wind," said Wesley Korir, the reigning Boston Marathon champion from Kenya.
Will Hasley, co-author of the 2006 memoir "Chasing the Wind: The Autobiography of Steve Fossett," called the disappearance and the inability to locate Mr. Fossett a "mind-blowing thing".
Starting in 1997, he began production on his western film Chasing the Wind (1998), a gritty epic about a mountain man.
"Those same traits helped me in adventure sports". Fossett who divided his time between homes in Beaver Creek, Colo., Carmel and Chicago, chronicled his adventures in the 2006 memoir "Chasing the Wind: The Autobiography of Steve Fossett". The GlobalFlyer is on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
They also questioned the long-term commitment of a city known for chasing the winds of pop culture.
The Pacific Northwest is hardly alone as it chases the wind for clean power.
As one enthusiast puts it, "When you chased the wind, the ground fell away from under your feet and you were transported someplace else".
While swatting at early spring mosquitoes, we clambered over giant rocks of basalt, stood in awe of the snow-capped peaks of the Coast Range, watched eagles chase the wind and munched on Lee's special chocolate chip oatmeal cookies.
Off to the right of the course, a classic wooden yacht called Moonbeam was reaching along in a stiff breeze, so the Cup yachts went chasing the same wind.
But I've also been on the other side of that, where I've lived for the victories and the performances and I just — I know how shallow and fleeting and chasing-the-wind that is.
