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Running develops endurance, and some forms ziven here develop ability
and specific skills in gettinz over, or around obstacles. Where pupils are
required to run one hundred yards or over, special care must be exercised.
Before permitting pupils to run any of the longer distances, several weeks of
preliminary training should be demanded.

Training in long distance running should be preceded by a medical
examination by a properly qualified physician. Where such an examination is
impractical, the teacher should administer the Pulse Rate of Recovery Test bc~.
fore the training period begius. After one week of training the test should
be given azain. Unless the second test shows the pupil's pulse returns to
normal moro quickly than at the time of the first test, scrious consideration
should be given to the failure of the cardio-vascular system to respond to
trainings before permitting the pupil to continvo with the training progran.
Advice of a qualified physician should be secured if possible. No boy in the
ninth grade should be permitted to train for or attempt to run distances great-
er than 220 yards.. The younger boys in grade 10 as well as those who appear
to be less maturs physically, should cither bo barred from running 440 yards or
longer distances, or be given more careful attention than the older more mature
pupils.

In general, the training program should be characterized by starts,
short bursts of speed, and jogging on the srass during the preliminary train-
ing period. In no instances should pupils be permitted to run 100 yards at
top specd before the end of the socond week. In the 440 yard run and 880 yard
run, if the full distance is covered, only tho first half should be run at top
speed and the second half jogzed.

Road Work

Road work is a combination of hiking and running to develop the
ability to cover lon:.distances in the. shortest pessible time. The starting
distance should be between three to five miles. This hike is a brisk walk,
interspersed with running (not jogsing). At each practice the distance should
be covered in less time, and gradually increased until boys are able to cover
eight to ten miles in fast timo.

Cross Country

The course may be over hills, through woods, sercss brooks, over open
fields,.or parks and solf courses. It is not running on city streets or
highways.

Steeple Chase
Steeple chase is a set form of obstacle racing using hurdles and
water jumps. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ond the Amateur

Athletic Union publish rule books thet describe these events and give tho rules
for then.