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Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 188 (No. 9 of 1984)
Fix this textPublished fortnightly by the Public Affairs Unit
Fix this textRegistered by Australia Post - Publication No. NBF 4388
Fix this text15 June 1984
Fix this textSporting prowess:
Fix this textthe sky’s the limit
Fix this textAny record in running won't be a record very long according to a new book, soon to be
Fix this textpublished by the NSW University Press.
Fix this textTwo sporting experts who collaborated on the book, which includes a detailed presentation
Fix this textof world records in running over the last 100 years, say there is virtually no limit to the way
Fix this textrecords will continue to be broken.
Fix this textRunning Out of Time: An examination of the
Fix this textimprovement in running records examines the
Fix this texthistory of running over the last century and the
Fix this textchanging role of sport in various countries.
Fix this textThe book's authors, Dr Ken Dyer and Dr Terry
Fix this textDwyer, are leading academic authorities and both are
Fix this textconsiderably involved in the sport itself.
Fix this textA competitive runner for several years. Dr
Fix this textDwyer lectures in epidemiology at the University
Fix this textof Sydney and is an adviser to the Australian Distance
Fix this textSquad on the scientific basis of training.
Fix this textDr Dyer is the Director of the Centre for
Fix this textEnvironmental Studies at the University of Adelaide
Fix this textand has written a number of articles and a book on
Fix this textsporting achievement.
Fix this textThe opening paragraphs of Running Out of
Fix this textTime describe the dramatic 'almost unbelievable',
Fix this textimprovements in track and field events. Today's
Fix this textmarathon runners, contesting races of more than 43
Fix this textkilometres, are recording faster times than achieved
Fix this textin 10-km races as recently as the 1920 s by the world
Fix this textchampion Finnish athlete, Paavo Nurmi.
Fix this textToday, even schoolboys are duplicating Roger
Fix this textBannister's achievement in 1954 of breaking the
Fix this textfour-minute-mile a feat which only 20 years earlier
Fix this texthad been labelled impossible.
Fix this textIn part, the book is also concerned with
Fix this textpredicting new records and analyzing previous
Fix this textpredictions which, the authors say, have mostly
Fix this textbeen wrong.
Fix this text'Unbelievable as it seems, the most accurate
Fix this textpredictions have been obtained simply by laying a
Fix this textruler along the trend line defined by previous records
Fix this textand extrapolating the straight line in this way into
Fix this textthe future', they say. 'This still seems to be the best
Fix this textmethod.’
Fix this textRunning was one of the many sports activities
Fix this textof the ancient world and the earliest evidence of
Fix this textrunning comes from Memphis in Egypt in about
Fix this text3800 BC. Races were held around the walls of the
Fix this texttown and between two pillars about 800 metres
Fix this textapart.
Fix this textLater in Greece, various regional festivals
Fix this textincluded athletic events the most famous of which
Fix this textwere the Olympic Games. Precise records of the
Fix this textOlympics date from only 776 BC, but the book says
Fix this textthey were probably celebrated up to six centuries
Fix this textearlier. The Games were the signal for a temporary
Fix this texttruce among all the warring factions in Greece,
Fix this textdeclared up to three months in advance to allow
Fix this textcompetitors to train and assure them of a safe
Fix this textpassage home afterwards.
Fix this textWith the current cloud hanging over the Los
Fix this textAngeles Olympic Games and the boycott by Eastern
Fix this textbloc countries, including the Soviet Union, the
Fix this textauthors argue that ideological struggles can be pur-
Fix this textsued in the sporting arena.
Fix this text'For all its absurdities, we would far rather see
Fix this texthumans engaged in a race for the three-minute mile
Fix this textthan in the development of the neutron bomb or
Fix this textbinary nerve gases', they say.
Fix this textThey agree, however, that there is also much
Fix this textwhich can be criticised in modern sport. Many
Fix this textpeople believe that running round and round in
Fix this textcircles, on a flat synthetic surface, to exhaustion, is
Fix this textan absurd thing for humans to do in the first place
Fix this textlet alone for millions of others to take a fanatical
Fix this textinterest in.
Fix this text'But it is our unshakeable belief that if we, as a
Fix this textspecies, devoted as much time and effort towards
Fix this textrunning a three-minute mile, or a marathon in one
Fix this texthour thirty minutes, or whatever, as we presently
Fix this textdevote to building weapons systems, we could reach
Fix this textthese athletic goals', the authors say. 'And there
Fix this textwould still be room for improvement!'
Fix this textRunning Out of Time with its study of the
Fix this textdevelopments in running records is intended as a
Fix this textbook of reference and analysis which should appeal
Fix this textto all students, in the widest sense, of human physi-
Fix this textology, achievement psychology, sports psychology
Fix this textand sports sciences in general.
Fix this textRunning Out of Time: An examination of the
Fix this textimprovement in running records, by Dr Ken Dyer
Fix this textand Dr Terry Dwyer, is published by the NSW
Fix this textUniversity Press with a recommended retail price for
Fix this texthard cover of $19.95.
Fix this textSolar
Fix this texttesting
Fix this textlab on
Fix this textthe
Fix this textroad
Fix this textThe University's Annual Report for 1983 has just been released. Highlights inside
Fix this texton pages 4 and 5 include;
Fix this text• trends in teaching, staff and student numbers
Fix this text• the process of review
Fix this text• finance
Fix this text• participation in higher education at UNSW of disadvantaged groups
Fix this text• external funding for research tops $lO million
Fix this text• selected research items
Fix this textThe traditional idea of the wide verandah
Fix this textfarm house as the ultimate Australian dwelling
Fix this textis a myth, according to a UNSW architect who
Fix this texthas developed a unique mobile facility which
Fix this textmeasures the thermal effectiveness of buildings
Fix this texton site in all seasons.
Fix this textAssociate Professor John Ballinger, an expert in
Fix this textpassive solar architecture principles, which use the
Fix this textsun and local climate to maintain thermally comfort-
Fix this textable conditions in buildings, says such homes were
Fix this textdesigned in an era when heating was easy and cooling
Fix this textimpossible.
Fix this text'They tend to be cool in summer, but bitterly
Fix this textcold in winter, because the wide verandahs exclude
Fix this textboth the summer and winter sun', he says. Professor
Fix this textBallinger has converted a conventional caravan into
Fix this texta sophisticated mobile recording facility bristling
Fix this textwith high technology and special instruments
Fix this textdesigned by him to see how well buildings 'work'.
Fix this textThe facility is the first of its kind in Australia
Fix this textand, according to Professor Ballinger, came about
Fix this textfollowing proposals from both the Federal and State
Fix this textgovernments.
Fix this text'They wanted to provide a monitoring facility
Fix this textfor a certain house, so we made a counter proposal
Fix this textfor a facility constructed here at UNSW to do the
Fix this textjob and which could be used over and over again',
Fix this texthe says.
Fix this textThe caravan, towed by a four-wheel-drive
Fix this textvehicle, contains a micro-computer programmed to
Fix this textcontrol all the instruments which scan the house or
Fix this textbuilding being tested.
Fix this textAfter arrival on-site, a tower is raised on the
Fix this textcaravan which measures both wind speed and direct
Fix this textand diffuse solar radiation (diffuse radiation is
Fix this textradiation broken up by clouds). Professor Ballinger
Fix this textsays cables are taken into the building to measure
Fix this textthe temperature in 20 different locations. In a house,
Fix this textthe air temperature is recorded in most of the main
Fix this textrooms and in the roof space.
Fix this text'All measurements are taken simultaneously
Fix this textwith the recording of the solar radiation and wind
Fix this textspeed', Professor Ballinger says. 'Under certain cir-
Fix this textcumstances a heater, which we control via a thermo-
Fix this textstat or time clock to maintain a certain temperature,
Fix this textwould be placed in the house. Over a ten-day period,
Fix this textwe can then ascertain how much energy is required
Fix this textto maintain the temperature.'
Fix this textThe 'leakiness' of a house or building how
Fix this textmuch energy is lost through draughts, gaps in
Fix this textwindows and ill-fitting doors can also be
Fix this textaccurately measured by a device which pressurizes
Fix this textthe building.
Fix this textProfessor Ballinger says that by knowing the
Fix this textvolume of air being forced into the house, and also
Fix this textthe house's volume, the difference can be worked
Fix this textout to determine the 'leakiness' of the building.
Fix this text'Our facility could be used for assessing a
Fix this textnumber of different types of buildings from schools
Fix this textto homes’. Professor Ballinger says. ‘The Housing
Fix this textCommission will be our first client, for an assessment
Fix this textof their dwellings.'
Fix this textGap closes to Fun Run date
Fix this textFrom this baby's-eye view of the 1983 UNSW/
Fix this textHeart Foundation Fun Run, the jazz band eclipsed
Fix this textthe excitement of the finish at the Village Green.
Fix this textAbout 1,200 eager runners contested the event
Fix this textand organizers are hoping for an even bigger and
Fix this textbetter field this year when the runners take off from
Fix this textUNSW on the Bkm course on Sunday 22 July.
Fix this textEntry in this year's UNSW 7th Annual Fun Run
Fix this textcould see you winging off to the Gold Coast or one
Fix this textof a number of other Aussie destinations prizes
Fix this textnot only for outright male and female first placings
Fix this textbut also in a draw for all participants who finish.
Fix this textThe National Heart Foundation benefits from
Fix this textthe run via sponsors and incentive prizes are given to
Fix this textsponsored runners raising above $3O. There are also
Fix this textover 30 categories winners of which will receive a
Fix this textmedallion.
Fix this textThe race is a great tune-up for the City-to-Surf
Fix this textrace held two weeks later and has proved popular
Fix this textamong Sydney's growing legion of fun runners in
Fix this textpast years.
Fix this textEntry fee for the UNSW fun run is $2 for
Fix this textstudents and people age under 18 and $3 for others.
Fix this textEntry forms and more details are available from the
Fix this textgymnasium on 662 3672 or 662 3271.
Fix this textModest from the outside, but a step indoors shows this to be
Fix this textno ordinary mobile home. Associate Professor John Ballinger,
Fix this textan expert in passive solar architecture principles, describes
Fix this textthe features of the unique rolling laboratory which can go
Fix this textvirtually anywhere to measure the thermal effectiveness of
Fix this textbuildings.
Fix this textPublic Affairs Unit
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