They knew that with Sevilla-Atlético and Madrid-Athletic to come, defeat might mean trailing by five points, while victory could mean pulling ahead of Madrid.
The mean trail-making test A and B in the BD-MRI, WML-MRI, ML-MRI, and normal MRIs groups were 62.2 and 219.8 sec, 51.2 and 192.6 sec, 64.9 and 175.1 sec, and 48.3 and 159.4 sec, respectively.
At first, this meant trailing around the local gravel pits after my schoolfriend Roger and me, two eight-year-olds in hot pursuit of great crested grebes.
For women this means trailing shirt tails, voluminous trousers and outsized coats or jackets, but nipped and cropped in the right places so the clothes don't drown you.
Ibrahimovic scored twice but PSG's defeat mean they trail Lyon by two points at the top of Ligue 1.
As this tension was applied more to the trailing head than leading head, these results were interpreted to mean that trailing head detachment was promoted by external tension, suggesting that internal force generated by the leading head's docking promotes trailing head detachment during the normal walking cycle.
That means they trail by 3-0 in the series, a situation from which no team in N.B.A. history has recovered.
The defeat at Celtic Park means Rangers trail their city rivals by two points in the Scottish Premier League.
This will be, he says, the last time they stop at this particular spot, as years of weekly visits mean boggy trails now lightly scar the forest floor.
It hasn't been left undisturbed by human foot since it first opened, 28 years ago, but some long, open stages where accommodation is restricted to wild camping or bothies (or detouring to a pick-up point for vehicle support) means the trail remains much less well-trodden than the West Highland Way.
However, Niall McGinn got Aberdeen back in the game with 17 minutes left and then Adam Rooney slotted home a stoppage-time penalty to snatch a point for his side, which means they trail Celtic only on goal difference, though the league leaders do have two games in hand on their closest rivals.
