Athletic Training

SPRINTING 43 rate for 300 yards. This has been true of such men as Wefers, Craig, _Lippincott, Tewks– bury, and others. Since this race requires considerable en– durance the candidate for it should practise swinging through from 300 to 350 yards. If he is also training for the 100 yards he will get enough sprinting practice in working for that event, but he should vary his training, taking two or three runs through for 300 yards at about four-filths speed. There are not very many 220-yard straight– away courses in this country, so that every man who runs this distance, particularly in indoor meets, must accustom himself to run– ning it around a curve. The only way to learn running around the curve is to practise on a curved track. The novice at sprinting on a curved track instinctively slows up, while the experienced man is able to take the turn without any let-up in his speed. The idea is to take the curve without chopping the stride. In doing this the runner should learn the knack of turning the outward foot in slightly and going at full speed around the curve. Likewise he should be careful never to run