Pass it by and you'd probably take it for another pharaoh: the four-metre-tall figure has an Egyptian ruler's kilt, rigid arms and left foot striding forward.
So what I did was: I read a couple of GQ articles online about how to shake a hand, practised on a few mates over the course of a week and then, on the day, I hit him with the sucker: right foot striding forward, firm-yet-balanced grip, two pumps up and down, consistent eye contact, break.
So what I did was: I read a couple of GQ articles online about how to shake a hand, practiced on a few friends over the course of a week, and then, on the day, I hit him with the sucker: right foot striding forward, firm-yet-balanced grip, two pumps up and down, consistent eye contact, break.
The "run" started with a four-foot stride, a "power walk".
Standing 1.88 metres (6 feet 2 inches) tall with a powerful 2.75-metre (9-foot) stride, Juantorena became known as "El Caballo" ("The Horse").
Next came a three-foot stride to simulate running on flat ground, followed by a two-foot step going "uphill," with elbows pumping.
With an explosion of sprinting power and a 9-foot stride — he stood 6 feet 3 ¼ inches — he overtook the others in the next 100 yards.
Length of stride has tended to diminish since the days of the 11- to 16-metre (36- to 52-foot) stride attributed to the English champion William Smart, who was active during the mid-19th century.
He might have noted, if he had a stop watch, that John Woodruff, the Negro half-miler with the ten-foot stride, reeled off 660 yards in the fast time of 1min.
