How ostriches use their 'springy' legs to help them run faster and longer. By Niall Firth for MailOnline. Updated: 07:05 EST, 1 November 2010. 15 View comments. 15. View. comments. Ostriches are able to run so fast over long distances because they use half as much energy as humans do to run at their top speed.Scientists who compared ostriches and humans running discovered that the huge birds can store twice as much energy in their leg tendons as we can.o find out how an ostrich runs the researches fitted reflective markers to the joints of five humans and five tame ostriches. They then carried out a detailed analysis of their gait and movements as they ran on a custom-built running track 50 metres long.
Beane, as his detractors like to point out, has led the Aâs to no World Series victories â or even appearances. 4 The number of World Series the Aâs have won since moving to Oakland in 1966, the last one coming over the Giants in 1989. The Giants have just Sabeanâs three World Series since moving west in 1958.
The Chicago Cubs have won two World Series titles. The last was in 1908, the other in 1907. In 1907 they beat the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 0, and in 1908 they again beat the Tigers 4 games to 1.n 1906, the Cubs won a Major League record 116 regular season games only to lose the World Series â¦ to their cross-town rivals the Chicago White Sox 4 games to 2. The Cubs are in the midst of a 102 year World Series Championship drought.