Athletic Training

40 ATHLETIC TRAINING and at the same time show him whether or not he has enough strength to go the full dis– tance. Probably he will experience a tight– ening of the muscles, or what athletes term "tie-up," in the last 25 or more yards of the ___run.' · Under such conditions the runner wab– bles over his last quarter, and has difficulty in finishing. To correct this and enable him to go through the entire distance without slackening his speed, and above all to have a final burst of speed as he approaches the tape, is the climax of · his training. Nothing but conscientious work will enable him to over– come this weakening. But practice will bring about the desired result, and soon the legs will be strong enough to carry the runner through the full distance without a let-up in his speed. After the sprinter has _been training for three weeks, and has started to run trials at the end of three or four weeks, care should be exercised to keep these trials down to not more than two a week. If it is possible to run them in a set of games, so much the better. I usually advise sprinters to limit their trials to four-fifths the distance of the race they expect to run. The man who is training