At 15 he was apprenticed as a frechanie and worked tremendously ard.
He became a vegetarian. would not touch tea or coffee: ~nor smoke:
Nurmi went to bed regularly at an early hour, and every' Sunday took a long country walk alone.
He kept up thfs'mode of living for several years, and then found that his back to running he went and joined bowers of endurance were great. So ies. Abo club—which he has never eft.
He found that his weight had gone
ning, wp, so he tried middle-distance ruhr studied his first open c won over three fulles in 940, and all easily accomplished.
So. you see, Nurmi thrived upon years of slow and easy training spins. Just as Arthur Newton did. Not intil 1920 did Nurmi try the Finnish championships. and then he easily won the 1.500 metres in 45 5-10. and 5.000 metres in 150. 5-10.
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