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EVENING “DINNER”FOR TRACK HENVeteraas Say Nei Can sot Ran On Fall Stanch.i»g of who \v of (lei found will Imm.ike gather during poet thut li«Track practice at two-thirty or three lining o’clock, any the old track men, nieaiis jof nothat the diet of the track aspiiirnts should le different from what it was in the days of four and four-thirty o’clockpractice. Bloomington ik still Hoosier for the (uont part, sav these men, and in most cases the heavy meal comes at noon. “Dinner’* comes at noon. A nice comfortable dinner is said to be much j comet better for most anything else than it is . til atThe public that i be obtto run on. This sounds queer if read Jc'ogsln literally. The real story goes that thecic(SoUp-aa,isre*o-inid38track men should not eat heavily and then expect, so shortly afterwards, to break state and intercollegiate records Two or three hours, . says the physiologists, is ample time for the stomach to digest anything that it can digest, under normal conditions. Nearly the allotted time is allowed the track men between dinner and practice and by the rule of science probably the candidate could cat to his heart’s contest. But by the rule of practice, by the rule •of the nceu v.ulatcd experience of all others who have practiced athletics, so ’tis -said* a full stomach is had for the wind. Maybe the stomach isn’t really full as the scientists hold, says the veterans in the athletic business, but the fact remains that better running is done on lighter meals, meaning themeals just previous to the running.The conclusion drawn . from all this estimating, and from the feeling of “windedness” which some of the newertrack men have, is that for €he present♦.track aspirants should hunt a more stylish” boarding house where dinner” is served in the evening and one has “lunch” at noon.Hid; tn Ik1Throom,on Oil4444501 1Eyenre« for I aw ScIkmI Walk
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Bloomington Daily Student
Bloomington, Indiana, US
Wed, Feb 02, 1910
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