Bredin on Running & Training

RUNNING AND TRAINING. another runner, and carne down on the track shortly after the start, cutting himself rather badly, and so ending a most disastrous season. Practically speaking, running in the Metropolis concludes with the decision of the amateur champion– ships. Few men train seriously after the first Saturday in July, and I was no exception to this rule, and, although I won a few handicaps in the provinces in a partly fit state, did nothing worth recording. I was at that time twenty-six years of age, and think that in all probability, had I paid more attention to training, this '93 season would have found me at my very best, notwithstanding the fact that in '95 I covered both 440 and 88o yards in faster times. The spring and summer of '94 were not conducive to fast performances on the running path. I find on referring to my note-book that from the beginning of March to the end of August nearly every Saturday on which I turned out is marked "Very windy," " Slight breeze," or" Wet." On March Ioth I represented the L. A. C. v. 0. U. A . C. at Stamford Bridge in the sprint and half-mile, in conjunction with A. Ovenden and A . R . Williams respectively. Ovenden won the sprint by a foot from G. Jordan, whilst I was third and C. B . Fry fourth. The latter must have been off colour on that occasion, or I should have occupied the last position, as all those starters were above my form in short-distance events. In the half-mile I had rather an easy win, the Oxford representative, W. H. Hallowes, beatingWilliams for second place. The London club proved successful in this contest, winning the majority of the events.