Distance and cross country running by Orton George

Author:Orton, George. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Running
Publisher: New York, American sports publishing co
Published: 1903-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

This should be hurdled, because it looks much more dangerous than it is.

The water jumps vary so in width and depth that it is impossible to give any method of clearing them. The runner should jump them if it is not too great an effort, and no water jump should be so long that a good jumper cannot clear it. If one cannot jump the water, it may be that by stepping on the hurdle in front of it one may be able to land on the other side safely. If it is too wide even for this procedure, then it is simply a case of taking a ducking. But if the water jump is made correctly, so that it will gradually get shallower near the further side, one should then clear the hurdle at a smart pace, land on one foot in the water and with the next step be out of it. The English runners have this way of taking the water jump down to perfection, and for many of them it is much better than jumping, for they expend very little effort in thus taking the jump with one stride.

In training for steeplechasing one should not do too much jumping over the fences. Three times a week will be plenty; the other days the athlete should train as if for a two-mile flat race.

LofC.

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