Pigeon racers get up early, because practice sessions — known as "training tosses" — are usually done at dawn, before it's too hot for flying, and most people drive their birds farther and farther away, several days a week, to build their stamina and to strengthen their attachment to home.
They are one of my favourite bands of all time – for their music, their integrity, for their stamina at sticking to their ideals.
ALPINE Cool Music Summer music festivals in Texas are often tests of physical endurance, with music fans forced to brave furnacelike temperatures, but audiences at the Viva Big Bend Festival can devote their stamina exclusively to jamming out to the more than 50 bands that will play Alpine, Fort Davis, Marfa and Marathon, where the average highs this time of year are only in the upper 80s.
The Nubans are renowned for wrestling, a tradition in which young men test their strength and stamina to establish their status within the tribe, and Idris looked astounded when I told him that the fighting was fake.
At last their stamina began to wane.
The thinking was simple: train Kenyans, the world's greatest cross-country runners, to transfer their stamina and determination to cross-country skiing.
March 5 2014 The baritone and the pianist, two of the superlative musicians of our time, bring their insights (and stamina) to Schubert's searching exploration of doomed young love.
Some 144-arrow tournaments start and finish in one day, requiring archers to have enough stamina to maintain their shooting form throughout. To find outdoor target archery opportunities, visit USA Archery's events page.
Players run 300 yards once, take a short break, then run again in a test of their stamina and ability to recover quickly from exertion.
They also conducted physical conditioning, to improve their physical fitness and stamina to undertake operations in the most extreme conditions on Laotian territory.
