Running Recollections and How to Train

116 Coventry, of whom it can safely be said that he is the finest four to 12 miles' runner the world lias ever seen, this statement being backed up by the very easy manner in whicli lie has recently knocked out not only the long standing onehour and ten miles records, but the recently- established record for one hour of F. E. Bacon. Hurst's last match, before these notes go to press, was against Michael O'Neil, of Belfast, by whom he was defeated, afterone of the most severe races (at five miles) seen for many a day. It would appear that Hurst has fallen on evil times, but when one comes to consider that the further he goes, the better he goes, and notices thatfor several years he hasonly had two matches inEngland over ten miles, one cannot be very much surprised; he would be delighted to meet any manin the world who will run him at 20 miles, when a substantial stake would be forthcoming. Of this wonderful athlete it can be said that he is a steady, industrious, and conscientious man, who prides himself that hecan undertake the task of running tenmiles and making 8,000 bricks in 12 hours, and though, as above stated, he has been unsuccessful in his last two matches, he still lives and longsto fight another day. Len Hurst has been good enough to add his ideas on training to those alreadyset forth in this book.