Athletic Training

56 ATHLETIC TRAINING After he has begun to feel a bit tired it is well to walk a short distance until rested and then to try two or three more easy runs. The calves of the legs are sure to become sore at the beginning and it will hurt one to walk. But if the advice to work easily is -observed at the start,the soreness will gradually disappear and., the muscles will become sufficiently hard– ened to do more severe work. As soon as the legs are in pretty fair shape the runner can begin to work out for 440 and 660 yards at about the speed he thinks he can hold for a half-mile: the quarter in 60 seconds and the 660 in about 1.35. This ex– ercise will serve very well until the runner is in moderately good shape. After that he can vary it by going a little farther but always trying to maintain about the same rate of speed. The first-class man, by which I mean one able to run the half-mile in 2 minutes or · better, will run through the 660 yards in 1.26, which he should do once or twice a week. A man who can run the half in 2.10 should be satisfied with 1.34 for the 660. The beginner, of course, will run the distance considerably more slowly. /