PCT AWAY UMBRELLA
(N Z Press Assn.—Copyright) I PERTH (Scotland). Aug. 6. | The Australian marathon j runner, W. Emmerton, put l away his umbrella and rain- ' -oat yesterday as he headed; for Perth in the Scottish' Highlands in his bid to break ! the record for the 900-mile: run from John o’Groats toI Land’s End. Yesterday there was no I sign of the rain that has; dogged him so far and condi-; tions were suitable for his! run. L He has been battering! through gale force winds, I driving rain and sleet.
I “1 have never seen weather like it,” he said. I The 44-year-old Emmerton ;is attempting to better the j record of 15 days 19 hours 132 minutes, set tin in 1961 by lan Englishman. Frank Mus- | grave. : He said yesterday: “My I physical condition is still i good, but I will be pleased ' when the Scottish Highlands ‘are behind me." I He has been getting about | eight hours’ sleep each night ■and is living on a diet of I steak, lightly-cooked vegetables—and porridge. The j latter he describes as “very I suitable energy food.”
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30823, 7 August 1965, Page 13
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