The runners race uphill, gaining 1,000 metres in altitude on a course of between 3km and 5km.
Santorum faces an uphill battle against front-runner Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Frank Sinatra croons and the runners take off uphill.
The Orange County congresswoman hopes to piece together a patchwork of support among Democrats, Republicans and independent voters in her uphill effort to overtake the front-runner, state Atty.
Previous studies explored how the magnitudes of VIP and vertical active peak (VAP) differ during downhill and uphill running in a cohort of habitual shod runners [ 6, 16– 16].
Curtis will face an uphill battle to repeat without quarterback George Hassell and Mike Goodman, the featured runner.
He is seen as the front-runner in the Democratic contest, but he faces an uphill battle as Republicans hold an advantage in statewide races.
Ms. Gonzalez-Gile, 48, is a former collegiate distance runner who is one of Aspen's leading athletes in running and winter uphill races.
A few yards ahead of the starting line, we watched the wheelchair athletes whiz past, and then the elite women runners, and then the boom of the cannon sent the elite men uphill, far above the sparkling waters of the Narrows, a sight they would not see in their intensity.
It has been shown that shod runners tend to have HS landing and NHS landing during downhill and uphill running, respectively.
