The Pedestrian's Record

the pedestrian's record. 81 direction of cultivating endurance than in the educing of sprinting qualifications. Good pace, the fastest that can be obtained, is the desired end all runners have in view ; but human nature can only be strained to certain points, and the machinery common to animal bodies is only capable of performing its natural functions, and these as regards locomotion are limited. The sprinter's muscular development causes him to run rapidly for a short time, but does not give him the power of continuous endurance, like the long-distance athlete who, although unable to perform over even a short journey at the same speed as a first-class sprinter, yet is able, owing to the formation of his animal organization, to run mile after mile without evincing symptoms of distress. These enduring faculties can be intensified by practice, and demand more prolonged work than is necessary for trainers of the sprint track. Long walks daily, and half-mile morning and evening, should be run at first, increasing speed at this dis­ tance from day to day. During the second week the mile may be run through once or twice a week, and three-quarters ofa mile on other days at agood pace. Third week, take short walks in the evening, and every morning run the mile at a good pace, commenc­ ing at a fair speed and finishing fast; gradually from Monday to Saturday increase the rate of travelling, by this means you will by a guttatim process acquire stamina and staying force, which will enable you on the Saturday to compass the mile at racing-pace. G