Bredin on Running & Training

PART II. CHAPTER I. BRITISH AND AMERICAN METHODS OF TRAINING. IN most business rnatters the American is far ahead of us, because he starts with no old prejudices and formul~ to contend against, and with his natural acumen he leaves little to chance. As in other occupations and professions, so is it in the business of running. Whether sport may not lose some of its best attributes when followed as a hard-working man does his profession is open to question. However, the American is primarily a lover of success. To be second he thinks is no better than coming in with the crowd, consequently he acts up to the motto that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Therefore when the newspapers announce that a team of athletes from across the herring-pond have decided to compete in our championships, or engage in contest with a British team, it rnay be regarded as beyond doubt that each invader will arrive on these shores in a thoroughly fit state, and do all that is possible to be done to remain in such a condition for as long as rnay be necessary. It rnay also be taken for granted that those responsible for sending the team have previously weighed up our form to an ounce, and