Word: gait
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...essential difference lies in the introduction of easement curves. The old track has a uniform are at either end, the whole curve being on the same radius. This radius is so short that the sudden pronounced change from straight-away to turn exerts a detrimental effect upon the gait and speed of the runner. In the new track this difficulty has been removed by the introduction of a gradual transition curve in the approach at either end. This transition curve is in three tangent area, each twenty feet in length. The radius of the first is three hundred and eighty...