obstacle race

It was no light work, this preliminary obstacle race.

A favorite amusement used to be an obstacle race when the barn was full of hay.

She worked all the while, each hand doing something and no move wasted, as if she was in an obstacle race.

We seemed to be running against each other in some complex obstacle race.

Boys do get into such indelicate positions during the obstacle race, don't they?

"You ever go in for the obstacle race at school, Fish?"

You gave yourself a grand obstacle race, with a devoted happy family as the prize.

The mangle game was played again first, with the second round always being an obstacle race.

Existence with such a man was an obstacle race made out of pleasant obstacles.

Anyone would think it was a bloody obstacle race.