Sentence examples for course uphill from inspiring English sources

That was an obstacle course: uphill, downhill, through a stream, through the woods.

It is, of course, an uphill battle for any emerging playwright to new work presented on Broadway.

"Not only did I run a half-marathon, but it was raining cats and dogs and the course was uphill both ways".

But the show has faced an uphill course.

A brutal course, with several uphill sections, does not make things easier.

Starting in Mori, near Lake Garda, the course is overwhelmingly uphill, with an average gradient of around 6%.

"It's a decision that creates a mood of optimism, but we are well aware that we still face a long uphill course ahead," the minister, Yannis Stournaras, said.

"I didn't want him to have to negotiate an uphill course and run the wrong way for the first time," Motion said.

He is in second gear on a 20-foot-wide section of his school's training course; ahead are uphill and downhill stretches that form increasing- and decreasing-radius turns.

He was unbeaten in England last year, where his most brilliant performance was at Epsom; he ran five furlongs over the straight course, which is uphill, to the winning post in 55 seconds carrying 133 pounds.

Such an impressive performance on a warm day might put her in contention in the women's marathon at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, where the course is largely uphill and unshaded and figures to be contested in brutal heat.