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Pedestrianism; or, An Account of the Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century.: With a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.Thom, Walter

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Pedestrianism; or, An Account of the Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century.: With a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.

Name: Pedestrianism; or, An Account of the Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century.: With a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.
Author: Thom, Walter

Thom, Walter

Walking

------+----------+----------+--------+------------------------------
   Hour.| Started  | Returned |Time per| State of the Weather.
        |min. past.|min. past.| Mile.  |
  ------+----------+----------+--------+------------------------------
  M.  1 |    1     |   18     |   17   | Cool and star-light.
|   42     |   59     |   17   | Clear, and sharp air.
|    4     |   18     |   14   | Do.        do.
|   41½    |   59     |   17½  | Cool and clear.
|     ½    |   17     |   16½  | Do. with sunshine.
|   42     |   59     |   17   | Do.        do.
|     ½    |   18½    |   18   | Do.        do.
|   38½    |   55     |   16½  | Do.        do.
|     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Hot with do.
|   41½    |   58     |   16½  | Do.        do.
|     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Do.        do.
  D. 12 |   34     |   52     |   18   | Very hot.
|     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do.        do.
|   40½    |   57½    |   17   | Do. with sunshine.
|     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Do.        do.
|   38½    |   55½    |   17   | Hot and cloudy.
|     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do.        do.
|   40     |   56½    |   16½  | Do.        do.
|     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do.        do.
|   35½    |   54     |   18½  | Cool and pleasant.
|     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Do.        do.
|   42     |   58     |   16   | Cool and cloudy.
|     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do. and pleasant.
  N. 12 |   42     |   59     |   17   | Do.        do.

Average time of walking the mile, 17 minutes.--Total, (24 miles,) 6 hours
minutes.


Twentieth Day.--June 20.

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Pedestrianism; or, An Account of the Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century.: With a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.

Thom, Walter

Walking

------+----------+----------+--------+------------------------------
   Hour.| Started  | Returned |Time per| State of the Weather.
        |min. past.|min. past.| Mile.  |
  ------+----------+----------+--------+------------------------------
  M.  1 |    1     |   18     |   17   | Cool and star-light.
|   42     |   59     |   17   | Clear, and sharp air.
|    4     |   18     |   14   | Do.        do.
|   41½    |   59     |   17½  | Cool and clear.
|     ½    |   17     |   16½  | Do. with sunshine.
|   42     |   59     |   17   | Do.        do.
|     ½    |   18½    |   18   | Do.        do.
|   38½    |   55     |   16½  | Do.        do.
|     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Hot with do.
|   41½    |   58     |   16½  | Do.        do.
|     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Do.        do.
  D. 12 |   34     |   52     |   18   | Very hot.
|     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do.        do.
|   40½    |   57½    |   17   | Do. with sunshine.
|     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Do.        do.
|   38½    |   55½    |   17   | Hot and cloudy.
|     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do.        do.
|   40     |   56½    |   16½  | Do.        do.
|     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do.        do.
|   35½    |   54     |   18½  | Cool and pleasant.
|     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Do.        do.
|   42     |   58     |   16   | Cool and cloudy.
|     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do. and pleasant.
  N. 12 |   42     |   59     |   17   | Do.        do.

Average time of walking the mile, 17 minutes.--Total, (24 miles,) 6 hours
minutes.


Twentieth Day.--June 20.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Pedestrianism; or, An Account of the Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century.: With a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.

Pedestrianism; or, An Account of the Performances of Celebrated Pedestrians During the Last and Present Century.: With a full narrative of Captain Barclay's public and private matches; and an essay on training.

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