Athletic Training

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. PHYSICAL CONDITION . 3 II. DIET 13 III. PREPARING FOR ATHLETIC CONTESTS 21 IV. SPRINTING. 30 (1) THE START 32 (2) GETTING INTO THE STRIDE. 36 (3) THE FINAL BURST 39 v. MIDDLE-DISTANCE RUNNING •• 45 VI. THE HALF-MILE RuN 52 VII. THE ONE-MILE AND Two-MILE RuNs 60 VIII. CRoss-CouNTRY RUNNING. 69 IX. THE MARATHON RuN • . 77 x. HURDLING . 84 THE HIGH HURDLES 87 THE Low HuRDLEs 91 XI. RUNNING BROAD JUMP 95 xxxi