Scientific Athletics

CHAPTER XVI. T T ING. A 110KG th port which b nefit practically all the human faculties, that of running tak a fir t plac . It i , however, ab olut ly nee s ary to hav ome pr liminary training, o that th h art and other vital organ ar not ov r train d. It i appar ntl; infea ibl to achiev v ry con- pi uou uc in both printing and di tanc running, so that the b ginner should ar fully a c rtain wh ther he i innat ly po e d of the phy ical attribut of the sprint r or of th di tance runner. If h i n t parti ular to achiev anything great in eith r, h might of our e adopt both with a fair m a ur of u ce . ut if h nt rtains a trong ambition to gain di tin - tion in . printing, he hould train for that alon ancl avoid running 1 ngthy di tance too fr qu ntly. It is advi. abl to asc rtain on ' running abiliti in ea h a c b fore renoun ing on in pr f r nc to th other. If the athl te i. tall and 1 ncl r, long-wind d, and po essecl of goo 1 stamina, he hould nd a,·our to cxc 1 in running di tanc s ,·ar ing from 600 yard to one mile. On th other hand, if h i of ·hort tatur , strong in limb, ancl apabl of x ' rting hims If at on e to the high . t clegrc he houlcl pay p cial att ntion to the sprinting of di tan ' s ranging from 100 to 220 yard ·. In the fi :·s t plac ,.1,1c may consicl r th curri culum to be acloptecl by the wnuld-b . printer. Having nncl r- one th pr •paratory training allud d to, in order that all superfluous tissue mi ht be lo t, th hest, ba k , an l abdominal muscles nurtur cl, ,;vitb special at tenti n paid to the lower limb ·, so that the 1 r ncler d po,,·erful 137