Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 263
l of the foot, which is a sortof natural spring-board, the runner takes alonger stride, and the spring that he gets en-ables him to lift his foot more rapidly and re-peat the stride more quickly than the runnerwho goes flat-footed. As length and rapidityof stride are what give speed in running, it… … CLOSE FINISH ON THE TRACK. The second point for a runner to observeis his method of breathing. Breathe throughboth the nose and mouth. Nearly every boywhen he first begins to run has the insane idea that all the breathing must be done throughthe nose. There was never a greater mistake.When a boy…
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