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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 |     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Cool and cloudy.
      2 |   41½    |   59     |   18½  | Do.       do.
      3 |    5     |   22     |   17   | Do.       do.
      4 |   40     |   58     |   18   | Warm, with wet fog.
      5 |     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Do.       do.
      6 |   39     |   57½    |   18½  | Do.       do.
      7 |     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do. with sunshine.
      8 |   26     |   45     |   19   | Clear, with do.
      9 |    5     |   22     |   17   | Cool and pleasant.
     10 |   38     |   57     |   19   | Warm, with sunshine.
     11 |     ½    |   20     |   19½  | Do.       do.
  D. 12 |   38     |   57     |   19   | Do.       do.
      1 |     ½    |   20     |   19½  | Hot, with do.
      2 |   39     |   58     |   19   | Do.       do.
      3 |     ½    |   19½    |   19   | Do. and cloudy.
      4 |   39     |   58     |   19   | Very hot, with sunshine.
      5 |     ½    |   21     |   20½  | Do.       do.
      6 |   36½    |   56     |   19½  | Hot and cloudy.
      7 |    2     |   20     |   18   | Do.       do.
      8 |   37     |   56     |   19   | Do.       do.
      9 |     ½    |   19     |   18½  | Do.       do.
     10 |   39     |   57     |   18   | Calm and fine.
     11 |     ½    |   18½    |   18   | Do.       do.
  N. 12 |   40     |   58½    |   18½  | Cloudy, with wind.

Average time of walking each mile, 18 minutes 30 seconds.--Total, (24
miles,) 7 hours 24 minutes.


Twenty-fifth Day.--June 25.

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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 |     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Cool and cloudy.
      2 |   41½    |   59     |   18½  | Do.       do.
      3 |    5     |   22     |   17   | Do.       do.
      4 |   40     |   58     |   18   | Warm, with wet fog.
      5 |     ½    |   17½    |   17   | Do.       do.
      6 |   39     |   57½    |   18½  | Do.       do.
      7 |     ½    |   18     |   17½  | Do. with sunshine.
      8 |   26     |   45     |   19   | Clear, with do.
      9 |    5     |   22     |   17   | Cool and pleasant.
     10 |   38     |   57     |   19   | Warm, with sunshine.
     11 |     ½    |   20     |   19½  | Do.       do.
  D. 12 |   38     |   57     |   19   | Do.       do.
      1 |     ½    |   20     |   19½  | Hot, with do.
      2 |   39     |   58     |   19   | Do.       do.
      3 |     ½    |   19½    |   19   | Do. and cloudy.
      4 |   39     |   58     |   19   | Very hot, with sunshine.
      5 |     ½    |   21     |   20½  | Do.       do.
      6 |   36½    |   56     |   19½  | Hot and cloudy.
      7 |    2     |   20     |   18   | Do.       do.
      8 |   37     |   56     |   19   | Do.       do.
      9 |     ½    |   19     |   18½  | Do.       do.
     10 |   39     |   57     |   18   | Calm and fine.
     11 |     ½    |   18½    |   18   | Do.       do.
  N. 12 |   40     |   58½    |   18½  | Cloudy, with wind.

Average time of walking each mile, 18 minutes 30 seconds.--Total, (24
miles,) 7 hours 24 minutes.


Twenty-fifth Day.--June 25.

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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