Track Athletics in Detail (extract)

42 TRACK ATHLETICS IN DETAIL free and rolling mo­ tion of the hips. This motionis clear­ ly shown in illustra­ tion No. 3 on this page. To become a suc­ cessful walker it is absolutely necessary to be loose and sup­ ple about the hips. The novice will no­ tice pains about the abdomen at first, but he need not feel in any way alarmed. He has not caught cold. He has mere­ ly set some muscles to work that are not usually called upon to exert themselves under ordinary cir­ cumstances, and for a week or two they will feel sore and lame. After a week of general unlimbering the walks should be 0 THE MILE WALK