Racewalking is still moronic

Let’s have a contest to see who can go from point A to point B the fastest while intentionally going slow. Sounds awesome!

My man is spitting straight fire facts.

Not sure how "judging" works these days but I am sure they can come up with a computer that can analyze on the fly if they are having a flight phase or not. They depend on these judges to look and be able to tell.

They would all be DQ'd.

Walking is the most popular sport in the U.S. Racewalking is its elite arm.

Are all non-competitors then hobbywalkers, by LRC standards?

Also, how do these idiots not blow out their hips by the time they are 40? Completely unnatural motion.

Same can be said about running. Just drive a car. Or better yet, sit down and enjoy some entertainment.

"The steeplechase is moronic! Why put barriers or limitations on people's forward progress? They should just run 3,000m on the flat! And the same with the hurdles--what's the point of limiting a person's movement forward in any way?"

Rarely injured. Not unnatural actually. Good cross training for running.

Gives me anxiety to watch. Look like disabled people desparately trying to run.

Yes looks like forrest gump when he breaks out of his leg braces

It’s not the hood that ever bug me. Usually just the inside of my knees sometimes.

Only hip injury I had was actually from running my freshman year of high school. spent a lot of time only ever going the same direction on the track.

*hip that ever bugs me.

I think a lot of sports are kind of moronic? American football where the foot rarely touches the ball? Curling? Baseball where portly people stand around a lot?

Walking is something a lot of people do so I can see the appeal.

Probably what I hate most about it is the fact that we as a country have basically said meh this is stupid. What ends up happening is the racewalk events are the only events we don’t qualify a whole team for. I will say the course this year was really well lined with fans; kinda awesome seeing that. But like seriously, we had the second to last place finisher on the womens side and on the mens side we had the overall slowest person out there (yes, slower than all the women too). If we even had 20 guys who did mediocre in D1, like 4:02-4:10 milers, 13:55 guys, etc. who spent two years walking, I just about guarantee that their third year we’d have new American records along with top ten finishes at worlds. That’s probably what is most moronic about the racewalk. So anyways, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Sometimes you've got to jump over things when being chased by something or someone (this is actually a far more common occurrence throughout human history than simply running on a flat, manicured surface); so both of these events test useful and natural kinds of athleticism.

When have you even seen someone negotiate with a predator (or an attacker)? "Hey lion, I'm going to try to escape your clutches, but I have to keep one foot on the ground at all times."

It's contrived to the point of idiocy - you might as well do the egg and spoon race.

You must be so pissed that weightlifters at the Olympics have to use specific techniques rather than just allowing the powerlifters in

More moronic than…

steeplechase, hurdles, and basically all field events?

Agreed. At least they stopped there, unlike in swimming. I'm just glad we don't have the race bunny hop, quadruple jump, etc.