Excerpt from Text Book on Sprinting Text Book on Sprinting was written by R. E. Walker. This is a 79 page book, containing 11878 words and 29 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from How to Sprint It has previously been thought, and is still believed, that the most predominant requisite of a sprinter is that he should be tall, with long limbs, and very muscular, in order to stand the terrific strain. All these points one must admit are very good, and very hard to dispute, still, let me add, they are not absolutely essential, as sprinting is unlike the other running events. Some of our great sprinters were men averaging nearly six feet, but in the last few years sprinting has been Somewhat revolutionized, so that to-day we find that the majority of our short distance runners are men of rather. Small stature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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