Popular Science Monthly 



625 



Since hurdling is a modified form of sprinting the same rules apply to both with the 

 exception of taking the hurdle and striding. The crouch start is the one used 



at top speed. Rest. Sprint loo yd. at 

 fair speed. Rest. Jog a half mile. 



Tuesday — Three starts. Take three or four 

 hurdles at top speed, twice with rest be- 

 tween. Jog a half mile. 



Wednesday — Three starts. Take six or seven 

 hurdles at fair speed. Rest. Take three 

 hurdles at top speed. Jog a half mile. 



Thursday — Three starts. Two hurdles three 

 or four times. Run full distance at moder- 

 ate speed. Rest. Jog a half mile. 



Friday — Three starts. Run 220 yd. at fair 

 spjeed. Rest. Four hurdles at top speed. 

 Jog a half mile. 



Saturday — ^Three starts. Jog a quarter mile. 

 Rest. Take the entire distance at top 

 speed. 



In training for longer hurdle races follow 

 about the same schedule but increase the 

 distances for the sprints and jogs. 



Outdoor Relay Races 



Relay races are those in which several 

 runners, usually four, constitute a team, 

 who run in succession over the required 

 distance, each running an equal distance 

 or otherwise as previously agreed upon, and 

 either passing a stick from one to the other 

 or touching him. The standard races for 

 big athletic meets are: 



1. One mile, each runs a quarter. 



2. Mixed. The first runs a quarter, 

 the second 220 yd., the third a half mile, 

 and the last one mile. 



Other distances may be selected to suit 

 local conditions. A popular race is to have 

 teams of ten or more, each of which runs 

 100 yd., or one lap (round) on a small track. 

 This is an easy and safe way to pit small 

 schools and clubs against each other. Relay 

 races are sprints and the technic of sprinting 

 applies, except that the first runner is the 

 only one of the team who is allowed to 

 take the croucb start. 



The only distinctive feature is the 

 "touch-off" (touching the next runner, or 

 passing the stick to him). Each waiting 

 runner takes his place near the back line 

 of his starting zone and looks back at the 

 approaching runner. When the oncoming 

 runner is within five or six yards the next 

 runner faces fon^-ard and starts to run, hold- 

 ing his right hand extended back with 

 palm up to receive the baton (stick) from 

 the left hand of the other. The distance 

 and sp)eed should be so timed that the 

 transfer is made in the starting zone, each 

 runner being at top speed. 



A line drawn 10 yd. on each side of the 

 starting line of each relay is known as the 

 starting zone. Within this zone each run- 

 ner must pass the baton to the succeeding 

 runner. No member of a relay team can 

 run outside of such zone in order to relieve 

 his team mate. The baton must be passed, 

 not thrown or dropped by a competitor and 

 picked up by the one succeeding him. 

 Violation of any of these rules by any com- 

 petitor disqualifies the team. No man 

 can run two relays in any one team. The 

 composition of a team cannot be changed 

 after a trial heat has been run. No change 

 can be made in the order of running, except 

 in relay races where each competitor runs 

 the same distance. The positions of the 

 teams must be drawn. In all relay races 

 an announcement must be made as to the 

 distance each competitor is to run in his 

 relay. Any competitor failing to run the 

 distance required causes his team to be 

 disqualified. In the case of a handicap 

 relay race the runner on the first relay is 

 allowed the total handicap allowed each 

 team. Nothing is allowed the others. 

 {To be continued) 



