The herald., 1894-12-03
HOW A CHAMPION TRAINS,
Getting in Shape to Ride a Few
Thousand Miles.
Divers Methods of Training for
Different Contests.
HOW worlds Champion Trains for .
six Usy Racs-Tho Stomach Must
Bs Treated wsli-Rvg-
ulAr Hours.


way in walking matches, roller skating
contests aud bicycle rsces. Four times
have won the title champion OF the
world" and merely mention this to
open the way for the assertion that I
know how to train. To my knowledge
Of this branch OF ths business l owe in
great measure my success.
The man who makes Q business OF
riding bicycle, walking or roller skst-
ing, and imagines he can depend on .
strong constitution, powerful muscles,
good wind and good health, and neglect
careful training. gets left.
All the others are essentials, but the
training 10 an absolute necessity, and
the sooner the would-be champion finde
Il out the GooneR he reaches the height
Of his ambition.
There are great many different ways
Of training; as many in fact ss there are
iifferent contests which require it. A
prize fighter does not want to be put
through tha sams same system OF traln-
ng 90 . foot racer or bicycle rider.
Coming down to o finer point than
that, even, Abe long distance bicycle ri.
Ter does not require the same sort oi
raining as tho short distance man.
The man who is training for long dis
lance work must keep good hours and
sat regularly, and he must also know
when to ess and sleep and how to sleep
and eat and what to eat.
1t is probably needless for me to say
in the start that tobacco and liquor
must be lot entirely alone. Every man
In the business knows that.
Let me toll you how train for six
day race against the strongest and best
men the world cnn produce; that 10 to
say when am going in for . worlds
champ pionship.
In the Grst place keep good hours. 1
20 to bed no later than O'Clock and get
up every morning a. O'Clock.
In the morning upon arising l DO
nothing in the shape Of violent exer'
csc. bsths myssl! and have . shave
and then comes the first meal OF the
dav. Thie meal am careful about. l
have three hard. boiled eggs, stale bread
with butter and Q cup OF coffee. Now
lots OF people have an idea thRt hard.
boiled eggs are not good and are hard to
digest, but / have found them Jar easier
to digest than soft boiled eggs, and for
over a month before my last six-day
race, wheh l rode 1900 miles in l42
hours, | never missed . day when my
breakfast did not consist OF the articles
have stated.
Breakfast over take an easy walk
generally 10 my training quarters and
then spend two solid hours doing moth.
ing but allowing that breakfast to d.
gest. Thea l get on my wheel and ride
for an hour as hard as possible, making
20 miles or possibly more, and then get
into q warm room rs soon as possible,
being careful that no draft can strikr
rue. and after a good sweat am rubbed
thoroughly with coarse towels.
When the effect OF this is passed
an ready for another walk or perhaps |
sit down for e pleasant chat with some.
body who will be sure not to say any
coursged.
At l2 80 | am ready for hearty meal
my dinner. | will either have roast
beef, cooked medium, or q stew, mutton
or veal. An Irish stew 10 my favorite
and if eat it every day OF my month
OF training, l never get tired OF it nor
does IL ever disagree with me.
take . slow walk again, jdst the
same az after breakfast, and then give
the dinner two hours of absolute rest in
which to digest. At tho end of the two
hours am feeling like ayoung cyclone
tied to a stake. ] get on my wheel and
for an hour the miles spin out under my
wheel as rapidly 40 my power and skill
can mai q them.
quit on the minute and have
smother OF those brscing rub-downs,
which puts my skin in . glow and sendu
the blood flowing freely through every
part OF my body. Another short walk
OF four or fve blocks and then light
lunch. washed down with . glass oi
old stock ale.
After this may chat pleasantly with
friends. or better still, play . few games
of cards and then 60 for another little
walk.
You see l am keeping my muscles
from getting stiff with these little slow
walks and not wasting any strength In
the wrong way. What strength have
10 spare must expend in riding.
l get my supper at $3.50. l eat gen.
erous steak or mutton chop, fried medi.
bread s7ain and butter-not stale. No
potatoes or vegetables OF any kind. In
training, the main point about eating il
to got ell the nourishment possible with.
ont overlooking or overworking the
stomach.
take that same little walk again
after supper. use my stomach much
the same way after each meal, you see,
20 90 not to have it able to cay to me in
the middle Of Q six days race that
have ever abused it in any way. shape
or manner. I am always honest and
above board with my stomach. II pays
me.
Ipass the evening very quietly and
pleasantly and always am careful to gel
my regular sleep.
There you are for long distance race,
In month l can put any healthy man
In the pink Of condition in this simple
way.
Now for short distance riding . man
does not have to do 90 much hard
work as for long distance race.
have ridden 81 hours without rest OF
eleep, and could possibly stand it 7E
hours II | had to. 1t 10 the first three
Gays that are hard to stay in when il
comes to six- day race; the last three
are easiest II you are properly trained.
80 lt is that the short distance men
need another sort of training from the
long Distance riders. All the work q
short distance rider needs is q five OF
lO-mlle spin twice day for two or three
weeks before race and one mile Of the
distance ct their fastest gait. Or lei
them alternate for the i've miles twics
. day.
NY idea OF training short distance
f:d0rg II not to piva thar, -. -..L /. :,