Athletes in Action

6r I T~\ ·R (6) THE completion of the right leg-stride is hown in Fig. 6 on the opposit page. Here, again as in •ig. I, the body is at th full st extent f the forward 1 an, shoulders and hips arc square to the direction in which the athlete is running, so that he has nsured a well- balanced position for the carrying through f the left 1 g fr m rear to fr nt f r the commencement f the n xt (1 ft-lcg) stride. It is t be bscrved that urmi gets his body f rward o er hi grounded fo l at once, and so doe n t "hang" in an upright po ition, with th r ar h 1raised and almost touching its wn butto k, as is the ardinal f::tult v ith many runn rs who u e the old style whi h urmi s m th d is so rapidly r placing. urmi, in fa t b th in his arm-a tion and h uld r-swino-, and in his forward b dy-1 an in the tramiti n p riod betwe n one stride and th n t, approximate mor clos ly to sprinters' action than cl ther m n. The circum- tance f the forward 1 an during th tran iti n stag gives him a much quick 'r f rward swing of the ody abo e the fulcrum f the grounded foot than can be btained in any th r tyle. ne furth r p int f merit to be connccti n with • ig. 6 is in relati n t th 1 ft leg p iti n. he fact that th low r part of that 1 g is parall 1 t th gr und instead of th he 1 b ing up against th butt ck indicat that the rear leg can be the m r smo thly and tr ngly carri d through f r the knee pick-up whi h will ac ompany the driv -off from th gr und d f t, as alr ady illu trat d and d scribcd in Fig. 2 and the accompanying t xt.