Bredin on Running & Training

TRAINING. 6g exercise for a day or two, and to take a daily hot bath, or, as this is the best time, a few Turkish ones, when it will very shortly disappear. If from the start all work is increased in a gradual manner, there will be little stiffness of any description. In leaving this subject I might advise that on the slightest pain being experienced in any part of the body, but especially with reference to the legs, running should be ceased immediately, and a few days' rest allowed before its resumption. The cause of such a pain may be, and in all probability is, merely a trivial affair that would not interfere with training in the least were no notice taken of it; but some strains are at first only just perceptible, and would completely disappear in a very short space of time if not aggravated by use. On the other hand, even one extra sprint is liable to develop them very considerably, thereby causing a long ab– stention from the necessary work. A limited amount of walking is beneficial in obtain– ing f1tness. For this exercise light boots are preferable to thick ones, even if only a moderate amount of it is taken, and hand-sewn boots are well worth the extra sum they will cost to the athlete, as they allow more ventilation, and are therefore easier to the feet, than those tacked together by machinery. If the pedal extremities are inclined to be troublesome, they may be soaked for about ten minutes in a footbath containing sea-salt dissolved in warm water, allowing the mixture to cool before being used. Nothing during training is more annoying than to be obliged to tem– porarily cease work owing to broken blisters or any such trivial matters. Frequently washing the feet