Table 4. Gait characteristic of six Kenyan runners at five running speeds. Data are in mean (SD).
| Speed (m/s) |
Ground contact time (ms) |
Stride frequency (Hz) |
Relative stride length |
| Left |
Right |
| 3.5 |
220 (25) |
212 (24) |
2.92 (0.17) |
0.68 (0.02) |
| 4.0 |
208 (25) |
199 (22) |
3.02 (0.18) |
0.76 (0.03) |
| 4.5 |
201 (21) |
193 (20) |
3.09 (0.17) |
0.82 (0.03) |
| 5.0 |
183 (27) |
180 (22) |
3.19 (0.18) |
0.89 (0.03) |
| 5.4 |
177 (26) |
170 (22) |
3.26 (0.20) |
0.93 (0.03) |
Significant main effect of leg for ground contact time (p ¼ 0.05). Significant main effect of speed for all gait parameters (p ¼ 0.05)
