Evening star., 1932-08-17
DE BRUYN ARRIVES
FOR GRUEL|NG RUN
Marathon Runner Prepares
for National A. A. U. Test
Saturday.
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ward around Hams Point. east on
historic Pennsylvania avenue around
the Capitol and back west on Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the White House.
Always in Training.
The sturdy 24-year-old De Bruyn,
brcnzed by California sun and in the
the pink of condition. never relaXes
training for "a hours. From now until
the race starts" he said, III be in
training. This is a big race. second
only to the Olympic, and l want to win
it. I'm going to try. and If condition
counts I'll be up with the leaders"
He's co,orful chap. this Teuton
young ter, who grew up in postwar
Germany in the little town of Olden-
burg and shipped before the mast with
the famous German raider. Count Felix
Won Luckner, before he had attained his
majority. He won his first race in Van
Cortland. Park. New York, Just y
months ago, running without shoes and
in a homemade track costume. Last
April he won the Boston marathon
Spring classic of long distance races,
after training a year for the grind. How
he trained reveals the spirit of this
sturdy German.
Employed in big New York apart
ment house as an assistant engineer, he
worked from midnight until am.
stoking the mighty furnaces to provide
heat and water for some 600 apart
ments Part CT his job was to shovel
six tons of coal in this eight-hour shift
In between he attended to the various
odd jobs that fall to an engineer in a
big apartment. Then he ran for five
mics through Van Cortland Park, went
back to the job, and, to top 1t all eff,
walked five miles back to his home
He did this for year, training for the
Boston run, which he won.
Loses Pounds in Race.
De Bruyn weighs 1855 pounds in the
pink of condition and he loses from
to pounds in a marathon, depending
on how hot the day is. He has run In
80 races from 2 to 26 miles. and has
races, from Is miles up to the full
marathon distance, he won 10 ano
finished second in another.
He speaks jokingly of his effort in
the Olympics. The weather played the
biggest joke on US out there in Cali.
fornia," he SAYS For weeks I trained
as did the other marathon runners. II
| hot weather, looking for warm day
You train differently for hot weather
running than for cool weather. In ho
weather you eat differently, and you dC
not use oil to run your muscles. II
cool weather you need oil rubs anc
again you eat different food Up to tht
day of the Olympic marathon, th'
weather was Warm-even hot.
Weather Fooled 'Fm.
1--WE trained for hot day. But whe1
marathon day came around. the weathe
turned cool-even cold Lots of tn
other men, like myself. felt the change
After miles my muscles, unused u
the cold, tightened up. I couldn't ge
them loose and they got worse as tn
race went on. But know better now
I hope Saturday is hot day Sucn
day loosens up the muscles and w
make better time"
De Bruyn is shooting at the Olympl
and world record set by Zabala, whel
the Argentine stepped over the classl
distance in 2 hours 81 minutes and 5
seconds. Maybe, if I'm lucky, cal
beat it," he grins.
The course, which has been caretuil
measured to conform exactly to tn
distance run by Pheidippides-carrie
of the news of the successful battle o
Marathon, is slightly rolling in part