Athletics

FLAT RACES. 73 up as far as you can without straining yourself, and next time you will find yourself able to go further, until finally you last the whole distance. By this plan you gain con­ fidence in your staying powers, and on the dayof the race may venture a quicker pace all through, relying on your condition to last the distance. For Face. —Evenhalf-milers may find it useful to practise sprinting, which at thend of a race makes such a difference when a man canpick up his legs and almost sprint in. The iooo Yards. —For the 1000 yards distance, I once completed thehalf-mile in i min.59 sees., whichshows that the pace is half-mile pace with the additional need of extra staying power. I should advise the first quarter being run at half-mile pace, the second rather slower, so that the final effort may begin about 150 yards from home—reserving, of course, a little in hand if there is any dangerous rival. A week's work for a 1000 yards would be (when the legs are in condition)—Monday, slow 880; Tuesday, fast600; Wednesday, slow 1000; Thursday, fast 600; Friday, slow trot; Saturday, 1000 yards as far as possible at fast pace; —next week to include two fast 880 yards. 1320 Yards. —Here, as in other distances, muchmust be left to the judgment ofthe individual runner, whoshould take a very light day's exercise if he feels the effects of the previous day's work. In three-quarters of a mile and one mile, the object is to train natural staying powerto produce increased pace. The first quarter of one milemay be run in 59 sees, or 1 min., thehalf in 2 min. 9 sees, to 2 min. 11 sees., the three-quarters in 3 min. 14 sees, to 3 min. 18 sees., which leaves room for a capital time for a mile if the pace be maintained. I here are many who are only moderate asmilers, butwho find themselves wellsuited at these medium distances where their pace tells, without