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> and they frequently can
> go faster downhill at the "trot" than they do on the flat.
>
> Isn't this because of "gravity"?
> Sorry. Couldn't resist.
<g>

All humor aside, though, that IS part of it.  Going downhill does not
require the metabolic exertion that going on the level or going uphill
entails.  What it DOES require is the balance to not crash when one takes
advantage of gravity...  :-)

Heidi



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