Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-05-23
TO RUN CORRECTLY.
seev,cEAsLE ADVICE BY A FOX
MER CHAMPION.
The Running Gait of Many Young A
Would Make Mercury Weep-9pee
a,d Graceful Gait Is Easily Acquires
Physical Directors ADVICE

Anything faster than walk -
stiff. measured steps is cohslaerea ~
most people undignified, prooaoiy We
icouse faster gait than a WaIk-a
good easy. graceful stride for running
is a thing almost impossible 10 theni'
To see many, even of our young men,
speeding after a car or attempting -
catch the last boat is sight 10 llaAe
Mercury. the swift messenger or lhe
gods, weep for very shame ana 10 MAKE
an old trainer curl his lip with honest
contempt.
A speedy and graceful gait, physical
instructors say, is easily acquired. but
attention must be paid TO the proper po-
sition one should assume III ORDER 10
obtain the greatest amount of progress
sion with Il maximum velocity ana ii
minimum expenditure of bodily energy.
The correct position to be assumed
when running is set forth clearly by
Randolph FAIRIES. the intercollegiate
mile and half-mile champion runner
former president of the Intercollegiate
Amateur Athletic Association OF Amer
lea. AMI now the director of physician
education at the University of Pennsyl-
vanla.
when running" declares this au-
thority, mo matter what the distance,
tie arms, o., more properly sp~ aklng'
the upper extremlties, should be uS,u
ichiehy from the shoulder with precl-
sion, and should swing in harmony
with the legs or lower extremities. The
right ann should move with the left
leg, and the left arm with the right leg,
i'm order to maintain perfect balance
and to gain greater speed. The trunk
and head should be allowed to assume
their natural position, which, If per-
son carries himself properly, will be In
the erect posture or nearly So The
runner ought never to lean forward.
"All distances under and including
one mile should be run upon the toes,
while distance over one mile should be
run upon the ball of the foot, or the
part Just back of the toes. Runners
should put their feet out In front OF
them in perfectly straight line, max
ing the advanced step with one foot
when the other Is directly beneath the
body, keeping each arm in its relative
position and the legs close together in
order to concentrate energy. A good
stride will cover about seven feet, sew
en- feet two inches, seven feet four
inches or seven feet six inches. 1t is a
great mistake to overstride, because In
so doing an unnecessary amount OF
energy is wasted, and fatigue comes on
more quickly. If one is able to stride
seven feet at first he is doing well. 1t
is best to increase the stride by inches.
In this way good stride may be OBJ
tanned without unduly taxing the
muscles.
"Never kick your heels up behind you
that Is, behind the axis of the body
because it will cause loss Of locomo-
ton and also of time by making the
legs trail through greater space, un-
necessarily. AS one progresses, alight-
ing first upon one set of toes and then
upon the other, or ball Of the foot, as
the case may be, great care should be
exercised in coming down upon the
ground lightly. If attention be paid to
this the body will escape much Earring,
which is important to the muscles and
nerves."