Athletic Training

THE MARATHON RUN 83 itors at London in 1908 was due to the fact that they had been trained to run at a cer– tain speed. They had gone over the distance often enough to know just how fast they could run. In other words, they knew their own pace. At the start of that run several of the English entrants ran themselv~s off their feet, the result being that the first Eng– lishman to finish was No. 12. Four Amer– icans who used their heads finished in front of him. What I have said about the protection of the body in the chapter on cross-country running applies even more to the Marathon distance. The throat and chest should be especially well protected.