Success in Athletics and how to obtain it

MIDDLE DISTANCES 37 what tactics he will adopt, and it is in the third quarter-mile that the tactician brings all his skill and race-craft into play. Body-building exercises are of the utmost im– portance to the middle-distance runner, and special care must be taken of the feet to ensure that the arches are sufficiently raised to permit the runner to give of his best in the final burst for the tape. Plenty of work should be done in the gymnasium with dumb-bells (not too heavy) to get the body into really hard condition before ever the track work is commenced.