Running Recollections and How to Train

CHAPTER IX. AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CONTRASTED. 1 HAVE often been asked to describe how it was that 1 came to show such a vast improvement in my form after 1 turned professional. The reason is very simple. When 1 train for a race now, I am not galloping all over the country, running all sorts of distances. Instead, I remain quietly in my quarters, never throwing a chance away. 1 do not mean to say that I never run in any handicaps during apreparation, but I take good care that when I do I come to no harm thereby. A glance at the following table, duringthe time I resided in London, will give you an idea of the amount of travelling I did, and the races I used to run in my amateur-professional days : Distance fiom Date Place. Races run. former place. Mav 24 Situated in London... M a y 25 Manningham 100 yards 200 miles ivinv 91 ..Armlev yards May 28 Edinburgh 150 yards.........200 miles Mnv 28 120 yards (3) ... June 1 ! Halifax 135 yards 200 miles Tnne 1 120 yards j une 3 London 120 yards (2) ...200 miles Tnnp 3 300 y ards June 4 Lancaster 120 yards (2) ...240 miles lime 4 100 yards j une g •' London 120 yards (2).. 240 miles June 10 G-lasgow 100 yards (2) ...400 miles June 10 „ *00 yards —7 June 11 Edinburgh . oa -i lune 12 Cambridge 100 yards H30mi es June 12 London , ,1a -i June 15 Crewe 100 yards.........130 miles June 15 „ 120 yards (2)... June 15 „ yards 970 miles June 22 Edinburgh ..2/0 miles Total 2,530 miles (2) Signifies two heats. (3) Signifles three heats.