Because it helps to prevent you from getting boxed. I read an article where Seb Coe said the stay on that line. So many runners (Keely) hug the rail, get boxed and are stuck.
Grant Fisher is a case in point. Yes he was in the 5 and 10 but he always hugs the rail and has no room to move when he has to.
He should have medaled in both of his races.
runn wrote:
Because it helps to prevent you from getting boxed.
No, that's not the correct answer at all.
First of all, Mu always runs on the outside of lane one even if she is way ahead and no one else is near her.
And as stated in the post right before yours, Mu was asked by a reporter after the 800 final why she runs on the outside of lane one, and she said that she doesn't pay attention to where she is in the lane when she races. So that's the correct answer - She doesn't pay attention. She said so herself.