By: Ollie

I still say that walking is a weird sport.

Fact one:  in most large marathons, what do you see lots of "midpack" people doing towards the end?  WALKING.  Why?  Because they are too tired to run.

Most people WALK when they are too tired to run.

Fact two:  racewalking has a "straight knee" requirement.  Why?  To prevent a walking race becoming a running race.  Walking with a bent knee is too "running like".

Fact three:  at my last 50K, I was DQ'ed for bent knees at about 37 km (23 miles).  I was DQ'ed because, in effect, I was starting to "run".  Why did I do that?  Because, I was TOO TIRED TO WALK, I INADVERTANTLY STARTED TO RUN!!!!

No wonder people think that we are strange....

 :-)

 ollie