Where else in the Bible do we find the image of a race or a fight?
Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
We see the image of a race or a fight more often in the New Testament, for example, with Paul: 1 Corinthians 9:24–27; Philippians 2:16; Philippians 3:12–14; 1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7–8.
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,