Word: paces
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...likened the pace of a snail...
...person who uses the mind excessively, however, this form of exercise is not good, as it produces nervousness. Swimming is, without exception, one of the finest of all physical exercises. It develops especially the lower portion of the chest, the legs and arms. Running, at a regular and fixed pace; boxing, to teach one to keep the temper under adverse circumstances; rowing, and canoeing, to strengthen the upper part of the thorax and chest, are useful. The benefit to be derived from regular practice in a gymnasium, by which the mind and nerve-centres are so trained that they have...
...walks five miles an hour. Running, to be most effective, should be commenced gradually and then increased according as the lungs are able to use the oxygen taken into them, until the highest obtainable speed is reached, when it should decrease slowly to a walking pace once more. By observing these precautions, one is sure of not suffering from dizziness or overstraining, or of being chilled by a sudden cessation of quick movements, especially on a cold or windy day. Running is not a pastime in which heavy men ought to engage, as a rule, as they are liable...
...course of the hare and hounds run today will be between six and eight miles. As it is the first run of the season the pace will be slow...
...contests of the afternoon. Indeed it is doubtful if a closer walking match ever occurred upon the grounds. There were five entries: F. B. Fogg, '85; C. A. Brown, '86; S. H. Blodgett, '84; D. W. Baxter, '83; and W. H. Cole, '86. Fogg started off at a rattling pace and was immediately cautioned by the referee. He got a good lead in the first lap which he was unable long to maintain, and he was passed on the 3d lap by Baxter and Brown. The latter took the lead from Baxter in the 4th lap, which he held till...