off to a running start

with a good, fast beginning, possibly a head start. I got off to a running start in math this year. The horses got off to a running start.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Evalyn	-	English
Elsa	EL-sə (English), EL-zah (German), EL-sah (Finnish)	English, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian
Zev	-	Hebrew
Huber	['hu:bə]
Keanu	-	Hawaiian
Juanito	hwah-NEE-to	Spanish