Athletes in Action

DI T P AAVO URMI, the subj et of our illustrati n has standardised a new style of distance running. Hi body is carried almost er et, with h ad \Vell up and che t thrust out, to n ure plenty f air f r his abn rmally large lung . He n Y r comes up on the t s except at th end of the leg-driv , which starts a fresh tride forward as sh wn in Fig. 2. t the nd of ach stride he sink~ right down on t th' heel f th grounded fo t and let hi kn giv a little (bgs . 1 and 6). Il is feet cm to reach out for the track, and each tride ends with th pc uliar forward fli k of the f ot n in } ig. 5, and yet he land n t n th t cs but far ba k on th ball f the foot, b fore th heel is let d wn lightly n to th cinder s n a hi f t i dO\ nit ccm t draw him al ng bcf r the body swings forward ab vc the grounded foot ( 'ig 6) and the tr ng le -dri action i brought into play. II u es a long bounding strid (Figs . 3 and 4) and the h cl of th r ·ar leg ne' er ri c abmc the l ·vel of its wn kne . 1 hi i lcarlr pr 'ed by th illu tra- tions . has a 'er high hand- arriagc, ombined with a t-v i t of th · upper arm 1: a kward ' and b nds th hand on the wri t ' to ba]an e hi · running a tion.