Athletic Training

PREPARING FOR ATHLETIC CONTESTS fl3 race. The athlete should not eat anything hard to digest. On the night before the race he need have no fear about eating his usual hearty meal, provided everything on the table is easily digestible. Assuming that the race is to be run in the afternoon, the athlete should eat a moderately good breakfast, toast, a medium-cooked egg, cereal, potatoes. As– suming, furthermore, that the race in the after– noon is· to be run at 3 o'clock, the athlete should take his midday lunch not later than 11.30. This should be a light meal, the best diet being toast, one or two soft-boiled eggs, possibly a little light tea, but no dessert of any kind. The main object of all this care about diet is to have the stomach and bowels in good condition. Constipation is the cause of nearly all the illness and general "out-of-sorts" ·feel– ings not only among athletes, but among other persons as well. Particular care should be taken to have these organs in good condition before a race or any other athletic contest. When the athlete arrives at the field he should still try not to worry about the com– mg contest, and particularly not to worry