The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-26
LIST IS
GROWING FAST
Haleiwa Race Contestants Are
Signing Up---Some Tips
on Soreness.


race, and at least dozen more, that
are known of, to come in The full
iist VIII be published on Sunday morn
ing. At present there are only four
entries for the bicycle race and ardent
cyclists are reminded that the entry
list win positively close at 9 o clock
tomorrow night at the King street
store of Wall, Nichols Company, A. X.
Vlerra being the recipient.
Many Of the contestants have in
qulred at the entry place about clothes
and how to get them to Haleiwa Once
more It is stated that full arrange.
ments for this have already been made.
Contestants will take their clothes in a
suitcase to the starting point. There
will be member of the committee to
take care of them. The suitcases will
be put on the train and viii be found
set out III row, each marked with
the runners number so that there may
be no confusion, when they arrive at
Haleiwa. Any contestant who is to be
followed by friends in a rig or ma
chine can, of course. give his clothes
in their care if he so wish.
A complaint was heard yesterday by
a slightly built contestant, who looks
rs though he were a typical long dis
tanee man, that he got stiff after train
ing and that rubbing relieved him but
little. Remember that this long dis
lance work, especially the running part,
puts an abnormal strain on the bieeps
or back muscles of the leg above the
knee.
The only way to obviate this is to
make the muscle used to the strain by
gradual work. Let it get sore after
the race all it wants to, but don t
overtax it while training. The best
rubbing is really done by yourself.
Stand on one leg and elevate the other
foot until you can feel that the muscle
at the back of the thigh is properly
relaxed, then knead it for all you are
worth. When you find sore spot, go
to it as hard as you can and you viii
find immense relief follows the rub
bling. Any rubbing mixture is good
Gilman s embrocation, glycerine, the
usual alcohol and camphor mixture.
They all serve the purpose of acting
as lubricant, but are not by any
means necessary.
! Another place for soreness is the
lower end of the calf muscle. The
writer, in training for long distance
track events, has suffered real agony
from this 1t is caused by the strain
put on the tendons leading from the
back of the foot to the calf muscles
when you run on your toes. In track
running you rim on your toes, but in
long distance road event you must
save strain and work by going fat
footed. Running this way causes an
unpleasant jar, but you will find that
rubber shoes with an extra thick rub
Der heel added will stop this almost
entirely.
Prizes are not being offered with
any great spontaneity, but, sad to re-
late, there are many merchants who do
not sean the sport page as closely as
they might, and there is no doubt that
they win come through when approach
ed on the matter. Even as it is, enough
valuable prizes have been offered to
make the race a success, and there
will be a really good prize Tor nearly
every contestant who finishes.
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an exhibition Rugby game will be pos
sible or not. If this does not come of
it seems better to give up all hope OF
playing Stanford on their visit here,
although it would be shame to let
them go by without showing them what
Honolulu athletes can do with new
game.
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DR.. Hand is going after the June
Marathon in splendid style. He has
arranged series of cross-country runs
and paper chases and those tfaining for
the Haleiwa race are invited to take
part. Some night next week the doc
tor will address the athletes on cross
country running Everybody who car
get there is advised to go as it will be
well worth hearing.
- - -
Cricket tomorrow afternoon at Ma
kiki field. Turn out you batsmen; this
is going to be very enthusiastic sea
son. The British warships are com
ing. Get ready to give their ericketers
a beating.