Sentence examples for vertical race from inspiring English sources

It may be a normal match, a match with a modifier (such as being giant or starting with a high percentage), a horizontal or vertical race, or a match where you have to defeat as many enemies as you can in one minute on a normal stage.

Jornet has been able to run the very short mountain races like a vertical kilometer race that's over in about 30 minutes, Jurek says — and then, he adds, Jornet can turn around and win the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run in California's Sierra mountains, arguably the world's most prestigious ultrarun.

Depending on the day, there may be a treasure hunt or a vertical challenge race.

ETI corresponds to what is classically referred to as gene-for-gene, vertical or race-specific resistance [ 1- 3].

MAGAZINE An article on March 24 about the Spanish ultrarunner Kilian Jornet Burgada misstated the time it takes for Jornet to run a short, vertical-kilometer mountain race.

Hello everyone and welcome to live coverage of stage 10 of the 2014 Tour de France, a day when the race goes vertical in the Vosges mountains.

The skyrunner world series, the ISF's world tour, contains three race categories: Vertical Kilometre – best described as the short, sharp shock.

Then the race goes vertical again – Vincezo Nibali will have to defend his pink jersey over two epic mountain stages in the Dolomites on Stage 19 and Stage 20.

The lighting system, which will be used from the beginning of the race, has vertical controllable beams that will be used to remove shadow and glare from the drivers eyes.

Viewers can find Kilian Jornet – who holds the speed record for ascending and descending Mont Blanc, in just 4 hours 57 minutes – running across the summit; follow record-setting alpine climber Ueli Steck as he tackles a vertical ice climb; and race through the powder with 14-time ski mountaineering champion Laetitia Roux.

In the global race for vertical bragging rights that can seem like perpetual civic penis envy, the 828 metre high Burj Khalifa (nearly 300 meters taller than the CN Tower) is currently top banana.