Sentence examples for dropped off the pace from inspiring English sources

Rupp, who dropped off the pace only in the final lap, was fifth in 27:08.91.

Bobby Labonte, Stewart's teammate with Joe Gibbs Racing, had won four of the previous nine races at the track, but dropped off the pace with a dropped cylinder.

Ricky Rudd, who entered today in second place, dropped off the pace early when the fan belt on his Ford came off.

However, Leko immediately dropped off the pace losing 2-0 to Viswanathan Anand nine days ago and Anand set off in pursuit of Morozevich.

Waitz ran for the first time since her final victory in 1988, but she dropped off the pace just to be able to finish, and Wanda Panfil of Poland won.

The Reds started the season strongly but dropped off the pace slightly in December, losing to both Chelsea and Man City which has left them eight points behind leaders Arsenal.

Chris Froome and all the top 17 men overall were safely in there but the fact that riders began dropping off the pace five kilometres out, finishing up to 12 minutes down, reflected that for many of the 183 survivors the second rest day on Tuesday will be more than welcome.

After nearly four miles of our run, the Dutch physiotherapist was the first one to drop off the pace.

Within a flash, the 31-year-old Ethiopian, who had recovered lost ground after fleetingly dropping off the pace in mid-race, was 20m clear.

Yesterday, despite dropping off the pace after matching strides with the world half-marathon champion Florence Kiplagat for the opening 10km, Radcliffe maintained her composure sufficiently to take third place in 2 23:46.

After finally getting the grand final monkey off their back many are wondering if the Central Coast Mariners might drop off the pace this season, and not only due to the absence of personnel such as Patrick Zwaanswijk, Pedj Bojic, Bernie Ibini and Mat Ryan.