TRACK RUNNING
ADVICE FROM A CHAMPION
The importance of athletics, in view of the present urge toward national physical fitness, has been considerably emphasised recently, anil Mr. Guy Butler's new book on the subject is opportune. True, in track running, he deals onlv with n single branch of athletics, but it is done with a thoroughness that makes the book of particular value. He discusses methods of training, technique. sprinting, middle-distance and long-distance running, and the discussion is set out against a background of actual performances by many of the world's most famous runners. The dissection of their methods and n comparison between their individual techniques give considerable interest to the book. It is refreshing to find that Mr. Butler is in no way dogmatic. Many writers on athletics, especially those who, like Mr. Butler, have established international reputations, have a tendency to advocate one style to the exclusion of all others. The author of this volume has recognised that training, style and technique are individual things and that each person must find the one which best suits his particular case.
"Kuiinintt nn<l Runners," by Guy Butler, (Herbert Jenkins.)
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
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