Athletic Training

58 ATHLETIC TRAINING ternate days and a trial or race on the fifth day. l£ the athlete desires to compete in a race at the end of the week he will wish to hold the day before the contest open for very light work, or none at all, according to his condition. Before the half-miler has finished his train– ing he will realize that this event is a hard· one because it requires almost the same com– bination of speed and endurance that the quarter-mile does. Speed is one of the essen– tials, and if a man can do a fast quarter he will find it of incalculable value for the half– mile. In fact practically all of the champion half-mile and mile runners have been able to run the quarter-mile almost equally well. Meredith, who holds the world's record of l.5~t for the half-mile run, was able to run the quarter in nearly 48 seconds, while Kilpat– rick and Sheppard, with records of 1.53-g- and 1.53! respectively, could run the quarter-mile in close to 49 seconds. It is an interesting fact that in the 800-metre run in Stockholm in 19rn, Meredith, the winner; Sheppard, who was second; Davenport, who was third; and Braun, of Germany, were all wonderfully fast