Diniz walks a 18:35 5000 in France

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. The point of racing is to get to the finish line as fast as possible, so why move your in a way that is slower? I do think that they should have only one competitive stroke and track should have one competitive why to race; running. run over hills, barriers water pits whatever just get from point A to point B as fast as you can. They should do the same with swimming, use only the fastest stroke and race it different distances.

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What is your point, then? That you only respect someone who swims freestyle because it's a faster stroke than butterfly? So swimming should drop back, breast and fly and only have one competitive stroke?[/quote]

anyone in his/her right mind wrote:

racewalking is gay, no matter how many times you losers push for tolerance.

So true.

They need to take this discussion to LetsSashay.com

njl2 wrote:

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. The point of racing is to get to the finish line as fast as possible, so why move your in a way that is slower? I do think that they should have only one competitive stroke and track should have one competitive why to race; running. run over hills, barriers water pits whatever just get from point A to point B as fast as you can. They should do the same with swimming, use only the fastest stroke and race it different distances.

So what about basketball? Is it not a sport? Because if you were going to use your body to it's full potential then you would just travel, but wait, there are RULES. Oh yes that is right. Like in running there are also rules. And guess what racewalking has rules as well. It is a different sport with a different set of rules.

you can't compare games to races.

I'd like it more if there was a team of officials checking the racers' feet every step of the way so they don't cheat. What exactly are the rules? I doubt they are strictly adhered to if the heel on the ground thing is for real.

and don't tell me to go look it up. I don't want to.

Hell, I think Race walking is about as lame as you can get for a sport, but seriously... 18:35!!! That is NUTS.

I would love to see a video (talking to the two guys who are actually race walkers in this thread) of this race or any other race where someone is race walking 1500m-5000m.

njl2 wrote:

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. The point of racing is to get to the finish line as fast as possible, so why move your in a way that is slower? I do think that they should have only one competitive stroke and track should have one competitive why to race; running. run over hills, barriers water pits whatever just get from point A to point B as fast as you can. They should do the same with swimming, use only the fastest stroke and race it different distances.

But running over hills, barriers, etc, is only to purposefully slow you down. If you were being intellectually honest you'd have to rid the sport of cross country, steeple chase, hurdles, hill races, and all that.

No, you see I think those are fine because you are not restricting yourself, your environment is slowing you down but you are still crossing it to the best of your physical ability. Walkers are not going as fast as their bodies would allow them they are specifically and purposefully putting restraints on their ability. I don't understand why anyone would come up with the idea of race walking, its just like bear crawl race, seriously they make about as much sense because they both restict a persons ability to go fast. Mean while running is the fastest natural way to cover a distance, so it only makes sense to run when racing.

Keith Stone wrote:

But running over hills, barriers, etc, is only to purposefully slow you down. If you were being intellectually honest you'd have to rid the sport of cross country, steeple chase, hurdles, hill races, and all that.

Hate racewalking if you like, but your reason for hating it is stupid. And please don't compare it to swimming. No one is restricting themselves by swimming butterfly or backstroke. They are completely different events than freestyle and are equally difficult and beautiful to watch when done well. You obviously don't know jack shit about competitive swimming.

I will admit that he is faster than my last 5K. My only saving grace is that mine was on a hilly road course. It's still embarrassing though.

Oh well, I still beat Lance in the Marathon.

Jungleroy59 wrote:

In the recent Pan Am Cup in Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia were both as strong or stronger than Mexico, and the USA actually won the team event on a technicality because we finished a full team at 50km (I was our second man, 9th overall at age 47, quite an anomaly, but I have been getting faster again after a 15-year vacation.)

Hey, Ray, good to see you posting here. Good luck in the 20K in Indiana this week.

I'll do what I can. Top 5 for sure.

njl2 wrote:

No, you see I think those are fine because you are not restricting yourself, your environment is slowing you down but you are still crossing it to the best of your physical ability. Walkers are not going as fast as their bodies would allow them they are specifically and purposefully putting restraints on their ability. I don't understand why anyone would come up with the idea of race walking, its just like bear crawl race, seriously they make about as much sense because they both restict a persons ability to go fast. Mean while running is the fastest natural way to cover a distance, so it only makes sense to run when racing.

So then you must think that dean k is the ULTIMATE athlete. Hell he runs further than Geb and some of the times he even does it the fastest. He is the man! YEA

How did Dean K get entered into this? I am not saying racewalking or the other swimming strokes arent hard, I know they are equally as tiring. I just don't like them because I don't see the point of racing while in a way that is slower. The point of a race is to get from point A to point B as fast as you can so what is the point of walking it or doing the backstroke? they are slower, they make as much sense as having a race wehre you can only hop on one foot or while having your hands tied behind you back.

njl2 wrote:

How did Dean K get entered into this? I am not saying racewalking or the other swimming strokes arent hard, I know they are equally as tiring. I just don't like them because I don't see the point of racing while in a way that is slower. The point of a race is to get from point A to point B as fast as you can so what is the point of walking it or doing the backstroke? they are slower, they make as much sense as having a race wehre you can only hop on one foot or while having your hands tied behind you back.

So you are a big dean k fan right?

Excellent posts gentlemen.

More please !

(with respect to the runners)

i understand what the person is saying about swimming. i kind of wondered the same thing... why not just have more races at different distance and not worry about the stroke used... have the swimmers swim as fast as they possibly can, not caring how they use their arms or legs. i mean in running, we try to finish as fast as possible and nobody is watching our technique in order to possibly dq us. the way i figure, if you are on foot and being chased by someone with a knife, you wouldn't walk away as fast as you can... youd f***ing run. and if a wild fish with teeth was coming after you in the water, you sure as hell wouldn't try to swim away doing the breast stroke, making sure you use proper technique. you'd fricking go as fast as you can, not caring about what technique you use and that would invaribly mean you'd be doing the "freestyle". i don't see the point in the "technique" aspect of the sport of swimming and i don't see the point in racewalking either.

NON hs mile walk. the music is pretty funny. and check out the collapsing at the end.

Hahahahahah what a pussy! He collapsed after that!

indy fan wrote:

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NON hs mile walk. the music is pretty funny. and check out the collapsing at the end.