Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

8 TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL with the chin thrust well out. Illustration No. 2, on page 7, shows this well. The arms should be swung across the body rather than alongside of it. 1his gives better formand makes an easier stride. Never look backward while running. Many a race has been lost by that very act. Pay no atten- TUE START—JUST AFTER THE SIGNAL HAS BEEN GIVEN I tion at all to the other competitors, but go it forall you are worth, regardless of your rivals. Breathe naturally. Do not begin to stop until you have passed the finish-line, but, this done, throw up your hands and try to run up into the air. Illus­ tration No. 3 demonstrates that idea. The man who naturally has a long stride has an advantage over his fellows, but the man who has not a long stride need not attempt to increase his spread of leg. An athlete can run much