Athletic Training

ILLUSTRATIONS Michael C. Murphy Training by dancing A quartet of great distance runners A quartet of great sprinters . The crouching start A perfect start . . . Frontwpiece FACING PAGE 8 18 26 32 34 Getting into the stride 38 Driving finish of a sprint 42 Finish 400-metres run at Olympic Games, 1912 • 46 Under full speed and perfect control . Start and finish of a mile race . . . . ,· . At the ends of the intermediate quarters of World's 54 62 Championship mile . . . . . . 66 Cross-country runners climbing a hill Start of a sensational Marathon A high hurdle .race . Perfect form for high hurdles . xxxiii 74 80 84 88