RUNNERS ELECTRIC SPEED REGULATOR (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from Runners Electric Speed RegulatorRunning has occupied an important place in athletic con tests since the times of the ancient Grecian and Roman games. No authentic records made by these athletes have been preserved, but from a study of the more recent developments in the various events, it is safe to say that the average marks made in running contests were no better than those of the present day. The reasons for this will be given later, and to bring them out the running events may be divided into two classes 1. The short runs or sprints. 2. The long distance runs. The unit of the sprint, if such a term may be used, is the one hundred yard dash, and of distance runs, the mile. The former has a record of around ten seconds and has been run in this time for years, in fact, ever since the invention of the record ing instrument. Very few runners of the present day do better than this. With the mile run, however, it is different. The average time for this event has been constantly improving. Although.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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._,