#fotd1436

#1436: during his record-breaking sprint, Usain Bolt only touched the ground for 43% of the time, which means he was accelerating for less than half of the 9.58s. adding more legs means you can get faster: the world record for the four-limbed sprint is getting better and currently projected to overtake the two-limbed record by 2050. at the cutting edge of technique is Kenichi Ito (100m WR 15.7s), who's studied how African four-legged monkeys move. he goes around town and does his chores on all four limbs to practice the technique - once he got shot at on a walk in the mountains because someone thought he was a wild boar.