A System of Physical Education, Theoretical and Practical (extract)

ECT. II.) RUNNING. 175 SLOW TIME. SHORT DISTANCE. Exercise 1. CouRSE I. The position the same as in walking, except that the arms are bent at the elbows ; the fore-arm held in a horizontal line, the hands to the front and closed, the thumbs inwards (Fig. 1 ). Fig. 1. The step also the same as in walking, except that the left foot is lifted before the right reaches the ground; the knees are more bent than in walking, the foot is lifted farther from the ground, and the column of the body pressed more strongly to the front.