College athletics . ould consist of severalstarts and short sprints to develop speed at the beginning of therace, occasional 50-yard dashes at full speed, and the full dis-tance run through at least once a week. This applies to the 100vards, the standard sprint distance. Even for this short distancesome sprinters find themselves lacking in stay. Such men shoulddo considerable running at 120 and 150 yards, but in no caseshould they neglect their starting practice. Sprint races arc run up to 300 yards. It is of course im-possible to keep up the maximum speed for such a , in races ov
College athletics . ould consist of severalstarts and short sprints to develop speed at the beginning of therace, occasional 50-yard dashes at full speed, and the full dis-tance run through at least once a week. This applies to the 100vards, the standard sprint distance. Even for this short distancesome sprinters find themselves lacking in stay. Such men shoulddo considerable running at 120 and 150 yards, but in no caseshould they neglect their starting practice. Sprint races arc run up to 300 yards. It is of course im-possible to keep up the maximum speed for such a , in races over 100 yards, the sprinter should get awayfrom his mark and into his running at his very best speed. Heshould then get into his stride and run just a trifle within him-self, so that he will have some reserve power to carry him homewith a burst of speed. When training for the longer sprint dis-tance the practice spins should be longer than for the 100 yardsand at least once a week the full distance should be WESLEY W. COE, American Champion Shot Putter and Holder of the Worlds Record for rutting 16-lb. Shot. Spaldings Athletic Library. 25 k QUARTER-MILE RUNNING ^ Americas supremacy is not only acknowledged in the sprintsbut also in quarter-mile running, the first of the standard middledistances. America has produced scores of fast men and thereis not a season that one cannot find at least fifteen quarter-milers in the country capable of doing 50 seconds, while thereare alwavs several who can beat this time. The natural quarter-miler should have both speed and stay. Our best quarter-milers,Burke, liyman, Taylor, Willis, Hillman, those peerless runners,Myers and Long, and numbers of others were all fast one of them has done even time or better at some sprintdistance, with the exception of Taylor, who is quite capable ofdoing so. T his race is a very trying one, as the pace is fast allthe way. and the runner must have a reserve of speed to standthe pace th
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