Athletic Training

!f 1, I I' 1 I I II 82 ATHLETIC TRAINING aimed to teach them was to run along easily, with just as little effort as would be called for in a good walk. In this way it did not take anything more out of them to jog along 8 or 9 miles in an hour than to walk half as fast in the same time. Several times during the last two weeks of their training, both at London and at Stockholm, the men went the full Marathon distance and did some pretty stiff .training every day. The thing I would emphasize more than anything else is for the Marathon runner to acquire the art of run– ning easily. The amount of work he should do will vary according to his occupation and the way he feels. The essentials are plenty of work, though no~ an excess of it, a good diet, plenty of sleep and rest, and no alcohol or tobacco. It is not necessary to be over-particular of what one eats providing it is good, nourishing food. Cakes, pastry, and other food hard to digest should be avoided. A great many Marathon races are lost be– cause of a runner's desire to keep up with too fast a pace at the start. The success of Johnny Hayes and all the American compet- ·1 I ' I _...... I