Grimly he settled to the long grind of the hills.

He rose gingerly, dizzy from the long grind, and scarcely able to realize that it was over.

It's a long grind and I feel after 20 years as a head coach there are other things I need to do.

I saw I was in for a long tough grind.

The Olds was in sight behind us during the long grind up the pass until the murk got too thick to see anything.

"It's hard a for a manager to convince players early in the season that it's going to be a long grind," Showalter said.

This is going to be a long grind, Roy.

It's a long grind, then you come up for air.

Bigger teams have as many as 20 crew members to service their cars during the long grind.

And it's also a long grind just to make it to the medal round.