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MONDAY, MAY 7, 1979

EACH GROUP WILL BE LED BY INSTRUCTORS, AND ATHLETES WITH LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL WILL BE CHOSEN TO ACT AS INSTRUCTORS IN LATER EVENTS.

FROM SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, THE TRAINING SCHEME WILL BE EXPANDED TO 10 OR MORE VENUES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, AND SPECIFIC VENUES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.

BOTH MALES AND FEMALES OVER 12 YEARS OF AGE ARE WELCOME TO TAKE PART.

DOCTORS OF THE PHYSIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL WILL MEASURE THE CARDIO-VASCULAR FITNESS OF A SELECTED GROUP FROM THE START OF THE JOGGING SESSIONS UNTIL THEY END THREE MONTHS LATER IN NOVEMBER.

MISS MAIR SAID THAT IN A SCIENTIFIC EXERCISE NEVER BEFORE CARRIED OUT IN HONG KONG, THE DOCTORS WILL AIM TO ARRIVE AT A STATISTICAL PICTURE OF THE FITNESS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE RELATIVE TO THAT OF PEOPLE ABROAD WHERE SIMILAR TESTING HAS BEEN DONE.

THEY WILL ALSO MEASURE THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE PARTICIPANT'S CARDIOVASCULAR EFFICIENCY THAT RESULTS FROM THE THREE MONTHS OF RUNNING.

RUN

MISS MAIR SAID ANOTHER MAJOR EVENT WILL BE A MASS

- OPEN TO ALL TO BE HELD IN DECEMBER,

COMPETITIVENESS WILL BE DOWNPLAYED AND PARTICIPANTS WILL BE GIVEN SOUVENIRS SIMPLY FOR COMPLETING THE DISTANCE.

TO WIND UP THE FIRST PABST CHALLENGE SERIES, GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS WILL BE GIVEN TO ALL PARTICIPANTS WHO CAN COMPLETE A 1.5-MILE (2.414 KM) RUN WITHIN THE SPECIFIC TIMES.

THE TEST RUNS WILL BE HELD REGULARLY FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR, ORGANISED BY THE RSS AND THE HONG KONG AMATEUR ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION.

THE TESTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS LAID OUT BY FAMOUS RESEARCH LABORATORIES SUCH AS DR. KENNETH COOPER'S AEROBIC ACTIVITIES CENTRE IN THE U.S. THE RESULTS WILL BE COMPARED WITH THOSE RECORDED ABROAD.

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